U.S. CONGRESSMAN Paul Ryan Serving Wisconsin's 1st District

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Ryan Statement on Oak Creek Sikh Temple Tragedy
Aug 5, 2012 - JANESVILLE – In response to the tragic events that took place at the Oak Creek Sikh Temple, Congressman Paul Ryan issued the following statement: “My thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families, and everyone in Oak Creek who has been impacted by this tragic act of violence. I’m deeply ... More

Representative Ryan joins Curt Vollman to discuss the House-passed tax proposal that creates jobs and increases economic growth
Aug 2, 2012 - Morning News, 1400AM WRJN More

Paul Ryan: Entrepreneurial Capitalism vs Crony Capitalism
Aug 2, 2012 - Floor speech - HR 6169, Pathway to Job Creation through a Simpler, Fairer Tax Code Act of 2012 "The United States tax code is a mess. We've got to get out of the game of Washington picking winners and losers through the tax code. These special interest loopholes end up rewarding a few while raising... More

Representative Ryan discusses fiscal policy, the necessary avoidance of the sequester, and the timeless principles of the American Idea
Jul 25, 2012 - On CNBC’s Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo, Representative Ryan discusses fiscal policy, the necessary avoidance of the sequester, and the timeless principles of the American Idea. Highlights Rep. Ryan on the need to repeal Dodd-Frank I never voted for it in the first place. I would like to repeal ... More

Senate must pass sequestration transparency
Jul 24, 2012 - By: Sen. John Thune and Sen. Jeff Sessions and Rep. Jeb Hensarling and Rep. Paul Ryan Our country is headed for a fiscal cliff. We’re also headed for a national security crisis thanks to one large component of this fiscal cliff — the $1.2 trillion automatic budget sequestration due to go into effect... More

Rep. Ryan: GOP waiting on Senate, WH to move on tax cuts
Jul 20, 2012 - Transcript Charlie Rose: Congressman Ryan joins us now from Washington. Good morning. Congressman Paul Ryan: Good morning, Charlie, Norah, how are you doing today? Charlie Rose: Congressman Ryan, the democrats are saying they are prepared to let the Bush tax cuts expire unless Republicans are prepa... More

The President’s plan to raise taxes will hit small businesses and cost jobs
Jul 10, 2012 - Transcript Joe Kernen: Congressman, you’re Chairman of the House Budget Committee, I had something else I was supposed to say, I didn’t even want to say it, let’s get straight to this. Government does spend too much money, maybe speech writers and new speeches cost money, and therefore the Presiden... More

Rep. Ryan: The American people will be the judge and jury of this law
Jul 1, 2012 - George Stephanopoulos: What do you make of this criticism and do you agree with it? Congressman Ryan: Well, I’m very disappointed in the ruling; I think the Chief Justice had to contort logic and reason to come up with this ruling and basically in his summary comments, he basically said the Supreme... More

Rep. Paul Ryan: The health care law remains a budget buster and bad for jobs
Jun 28, 2012 - After today's Supreme Court ruling, Rep. Paul Ryan told TMJ4's Charles Benson: "We think this is bad for Medicare, it restricts choices of health insurance, and we think this is a budget buster. We think it will hurt us in terms of job creation and we think it will take away the kind of innovation a... More

Rep. Ryan: Holder brought this upon himself
Jun 20, 2012 - Your World with Neil Cavuto, Fox News Watch Video Neil Cavuto: It doesn't have to come to a House vote of contempt against the Attorney General of the United States, Darryl Issa says that vote can be avoided on the floor if some documents are handed over fast from the Attorney General's office. Spea... More