Paul Ryan

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Country:
United States

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Office:
House of Representatives
State:
Wisconsin
District:
First Congressional District
Party:
Republican Party
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Ana Puloka

Ana Puloka Keep fighting the good fight for us, we are slowly but surely waking up the rest, hopefully, before the die is cast.

Yesterday at 10:13pm · Report
Mike

Mike Paul, I traveled from Chicago's NW suburbs to my hometown of Oak Creek and had the pleasure of seeing you in the parade before enjoying your state even more with 3 days in Door County. Keep up the good work, wish we had more like you down here.

Yesterday at 6:23am · Report
Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan “[This] vote reminds me of just how distant and out of touch Washington is from Wisconsin. At a time when jobs are increasingly scarce across Southern Wisconsin, Congress passed legislation explicitly designed to shrink our economy and increase energy costs on all Americans. Wisconsin is one of the nation’s top manufacturing States. Wisconsin entrepreneurs, small businesses, and workers shouldn’t need permission from the federal government to produce, grow, and create jobs, yet that is exactly the paternalistic message sent by Congress."

New energy tax “demonstrates just how distant and out of touch Washington is from Wisconsin"
Source: www.house.gov
June 26, 2009 - Congressman Paul Ryan's statement on H.R. 2454
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Renee
Renee at 5:51am July 9
Yeah, I haven't seen any sign of global warming here in Wisconsin. My furnace was running in June! I physically had to go into the basement and flip the switch to turn it off because no one's furnace should be running in June! We had, what, 3 days of heat and high humidity a couple of weeks ago? Hhmmph! I just picked the last of my asparagus a ... Read Morefew days ago when it should have been done last month. My raspberries just started turning and those should have been ready last month. We had our last frost after Memorial Day and at this rate, we'll be lucky to have our tomatoes by September! What a bunch of hooey!
Renee
Renee at 6:26am July 9
This might be a stupid question, but do the people in Washington pay electric bills? Do they do their own laundry even? As a family of 7, we do about 5-6 loads of laundry a day, mostly in cold water. We all have to bathe. I can't seem to get our electric bills to be under $180 a month. We don't have A/C or central air(but who needs those ... Read Morethings in Wisconsin lately, right?) All I know is that we might have to go live by a lake so I can pound out our clothes between some rocks if the energy rates increase! Then again, the taxes on Wisconsin lakeside living would probably kill us! This is all just crazy business! I agree with Kurt's post above-everything has become so damned "energy effecient"-homes, windows, appliances, light bulbs, therefore causing the elec. companies to lose money. So, we all have to be punished for trying to save money. I've had about enough!
Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan

Rep. Ryan (R-WI) Floor Statement on H.R. 2454 Waxman-Markey National Energy Tax
Source: www.youtube.com
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Mary
Mary at 6:02am July 9
another thank you Paul
Renee
Renee at 6:31am July 9
Thanks for sticking up for us against this insanity!
BailoutFunds Free

BailoutFunds Free P. S. Mr Ryan I am one of your supporters here in Wisconsin and I believe my website would work well with the Republican party. We need you to be a supporter.

thanks
Dave Friesner

July 5 at 10:11pm · Report
BailoutFunds Free

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thanks Dave Friesner
Mr. Ryan I'd be honored if you'd call me.

July 5 at 10:09pm · Report
Heather Reeves Pokey

Heather Reeves Pokey Ryan, who and how do I call the Reps and Senators of our state of WI to tell them "NO" on this nat'lized health care-I have to be honest I'm really scared that my freedom is going 2 be taken away! I never thought I'd wake up any more 2 fear my freedom being taken away-I just can't believe this country is letting this administration and prez get away with this! Hopefully now that our freedom is almost gone that this country will WAKE UP and demand our freedom from gov't officials and the prez. Thanks for doing what you're doing Paul-Paul Ryan for President in 2012! At least we can trust u!

June 30 at 12:29am · Report
Jennifer Lokken

Jennifer Lokken Good job today! Keep it up!

June 26 at 12:32pm · Report
Rachael Jimenez

Rachael Jimenez Well said Mr. Ryan

June 26 at 12:29pm · Report
Sandra Whalen

Sandra Whalen Thanks for your leadership and patriotism, Congressman! Wish we could get some more common-sense representation like you on this side of the state!

June 26 at 12:18pm · Report
Dave

Dave I saw you on CSPAN. You put up a good fight today! Thank you.

June 26 at 12:14pm · Report
Dean Bartosh

Dean Bartosh A more immediate threat to us is the Waxman-Markey Global Warming Bill that you will be voting on tomorrow. I urge you to vote against this bill as it will add substantial amounts to our energy costs for years to come.

June 25 at 7:45pm · Report
Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan

BUDGET UPDATE: HBC Hearing on PAYGO
Paul Ryan's Opening Statement House Budget Committee hearing on the Administration’s Statutory PAYGO Proposal June 25, 2009 - First, I want to note that I appreciate any real effort by the Administration and Congress to get a grip on our nation’s mounting fiscal crisis...
June 25 at 9:53am
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Joel
Joel at 4:08pm June 25
Somebody needs to drill it into his head that he can't keep blaming others for their failures. He needs to be taught the meaning of LEADERSHIP.
Mary
Mary at 6:39am June 26
He is one of only a few people in government who truly cares about what is best for our country!!!!!
Ray Van Dolson

Ray Van Dolson Republicans need to better coordinate and centralize their communication efforts in fighting the president's media onslaught for government run health care. I'd love to see Mr. Ryan be that voice, but does the GOP have a website devoted to the topic? Somewhere with the criticisms of the state run plan laid out in plain English that we can all understand and a clear description of why the proposed alternative is better? The only way we can fight "infomercials" and such is to have a coordinated message ourselves and a central place to deliver it from. And thanks Cong. Ryan btw for your voice on this issue.

June 25 at 7:05am · Report
Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan I think there should be [health care reform this year]. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like it is going to be a bipartisan reform, or the kind that we’ve been proposing because the Democrats have the votes and they’ve told us that they’re really not interested in sincere bipartisanship...

You can have universal access to affordable health insurance for every American – regardless of preexisting conditions – without the government taking it over, with a private-based system. That is exactly what I and others like Rep. Devin Nunes and Senators Tom Coburn and Richard Burr have proposed. We have a bill called the Patients’ Choice Act...

GMA: Paul Ryan Responds to Obama's Health Care Plan with Diane Sawyer
Source: abcnews.go.com
June 25, 2009 - ABC's Good Morning America with Diane Sawyer - Rep. Paul Ryan's perspective on the president's health forum. (Due to editing from ABC, the audio is a bit off and the video is a bit choppy)
June 25 at 6:45am
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Stephanie
Stephanie at 6:36pm June 25
Hey Doug, my husband and I thought of that too. I have no doubt that they will consider a woman wanting an abortion to have such a serious "condition" that she must be allowed to have one right away.

Meanwhile other women will die from breast or cervical cancer because the government will either; (1) think she is not worth the time and effort to ... Read Moresave, or (2) they will not allow coverage for preventative care like yearly check ups until the woman is 25, (like in Europe) and women like me who discovered their cervical cancer at 21 will have it so bad by the time is is found that it is past the curable stage. Then the govt. will pay way more for the chemotherapy needed just to treat her incurable cancer than what it would have cost them to allow her to have the check ups in the first place. This happened to a young woman in Europe. He story is on the Conservatives for Patient Rights website. It is so scary to me because I could be her and now only have an estimated two years to live!
Diane
Diane at 6:59pm June 25
Thank you for leading the fight on health care -- GMA gave you a few seconds this morning and you sure made the best of it.
Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan The President’s plan is not the way to go, but I totally agree that we need health care reform. That is why I have offered very comprehensive health care reform.

We already spend more than 2.5 times/person on health care than any other country. We're going to spend $5 trillion just for the federal government on health care for the next 10 years. We're saying take that money and spend it more efficiently and more effectively through the individual, through tax credits for individuals to be able to get health insurance. If you like what you’ve got, you can apply your tax credit to your plan from your employer.

We take the tax benefit for health insurance and delink it from the job and reattach it to the worker, thereby ending the discrimination in the tax code and against people who don’t get health insurance from their jobs, making it a universal benefit. We do this with no new taxes, no new spending, but by taking the money we already spend and do it far more intelligently...

Paul Ryan and Mike Gousha talk healthcare (more)
Source: www.wisn.com
More video from WISN-TV health care special - June 24, 2009 - WISN-TV, Channel 12 in Milwaukee
June 25 at 5:33am
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Doug
Doug at 6:48am June 25
The Democrats and President Obama say Republicans are the 'no' party - well, I guess they're right when it comes to Paul's plan - 'No' new taxes and 'No' new spending!
Raymond
Raymond at 1:44pm June 25
it's bad enough to have law enforcement and education politicized, but having healthcare politicized would be catastrophic.
Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan The public option doesn't pay taxes, doesn't have to pay for payroll for workers, gets to pay slower rates by mandating lower prices. The private sector doesn't have any of those advantages, and so what all the experts tell us is anywhere from 64 to 120 million Americans over the next 3 to 4 years will lose their private health insurance and go on the public plan. The public plan pushes private plans out of the way and involves the government as the only payer of health insurance. Under this approach, if you want to contain costs, then the government must ration care, getting between you and your doctor. That's not the path we want to take.

You can have universal access to affordable health care for everybody without the government taking it over. We're going to spend $5 trillion just for the federal government on health care for the next 10 years. We're saying take that money and spend it more efficiently and more effectively through the individual.

Paul Ryan and Mike Gousha talk health care
Source: www.wisn.com
Health care special - June 24, 2009 - WISN-TV, Channel 12 in Milwaukee
June 25 at 4:33am
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Raymond
Raymond at 1:46pm June 25
If a competitor eliminates private insurance in favor of a "free" public one - how can a company compete without also eliminating the private insurance. Barrack said it was "illogical" - perhaps he should revisit basic economics.
Diane
Diane at 7:15pm June 25
How can the medical industry survive on government payments for care -- they pay pennies on the dollar now and providers take it in the shorts.
Bryce Hass

Bryce Hass Sober and to the point. My fear is that some folks will push the "healthcare for all" mantra and assume it as truth....similar to global warming. They will use the starting point of "healthcare for all" and assume that the debate is only about how do we make it happen. To which I say "back up the bus Francis". I agree that the current system is broken, but federal socialized medical care is not the answer. Has anyone even mentioned each state taking care of their own unique situation? The point is, that without honest debate and real transparency in any proposed solution (s), my worry is that many good intentioned Americans will form their opinion from sound-bites. Keep up the fight Paul!

June 24 at 8:12pm · Report
Ben

Ben Paul will you be posting the video for your interview tomorrow? It is very unfortunate that you didn't receive a prime time spot beside our President tonight. He didn't discuss ways of reducing med school costs in a free market manner like removing restrictions on the number of new medical schools.

June 24 at 7:52pm · Report
Nat

Nat Thanks for speaking at the Miami University 2009 commencement ceremony. It was truly inspiring and I wish you the best in your future endeavors.

June 24 at 6:35pm · Report
Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan I'll be speaking with Diane Sawyer tomorrow on ABC's Good Morning America about health care reform. Tune in between 7-7:30 am tomorrow morning (all time zones) to hear an alternative approach on how we can achieve universal access to affordable, quality health care in this country, without adding trillions of dollars in new spending, taxes and debt, and without the government taking it over.

June 24 at 6:09pm
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Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan For those in Southeastern Wisconsin:
After ABC's White House health care special, I'll talk health care with Mike Gousha at 10 pm central time on WISN-TV (Ch 12) in Milwaukee. To learn more: http://tinyurl.com/PRwisn.

Health Care Special on WISN-TV in Milwaukee
Source: tinyurl.com
MILWAUKEE -- WISN 12 News wants to hear about your thoughts on the health care system in the United States. Monday, June 22, 2009.
June 24 at 6:03pm
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Pamela
Pamela at 10:29pm June 24
Nice job Paul....
Tracy
Tracy at 4:19am June 25
BOYCOTTING ABC - won't watch the drivel being pedaled! transparency MY arse!
Frances

Frances Paul, would you please tell the conservatives to keep their pants zipped up!? I know, there is a lot more important stuff going on and YOU ARE paying attention to the really important things!
But the liberals love to use this kind of stuff to call us hypocritical! But you have to have standards to be hypocritical. Since the liberals have NO standards to start with (lol), I guess they can accuse only us of hypocricy?
God knows and we know that all of us are sinners and we believe in salvation.
But in politics it is different:
Conservatives have to do twice as much good to be considered half as good
But only do half as bad to be considered twice as bad.

Remind them that Barney Frank was involved with a male lover employed at Fannie/Freddie when all this financial crisis stuff was in the making and helped by Barney.

June 24 at 1:10pm · Report
Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan This memo’s purpose is to describe the health care debate in ways that most Americans can understand and to offer a united strategy for addressing it

"A Strategy to Stop Government-Run Health Care And Improve America's Health Care System"
Source: www.house.gov
June 24 at 9:40am
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Janna
Janna at 2:31pm June 24
Does this system of healthcare work in Canada, Australia.... Ask them... most not too happy with it. Get ready to pay under the table & thats only if you have any $!!!!
Cheryl
Cheryl at 5:43pm June 24
My friends in Canada come to the states to get health care, they cant get quality health care in Canada!!
Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan

Ryan Statement on House Democrats’ Health Care Proposal
Ryan Statement on House Democrats’ Health Care Proposal WASHINGTON – In advance of today’s House Ways and Means Committee hearing to discuss the House Democrats’ health care proposal, Wisconsin’s First District Congressman Paul Ryan, co-author of The Patients’ Choice Act, issued the...
June 24 at 6:32am
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Jennifer
Jennifer at 9:45am June 24
um, while we do need to oppose the elimination of private sector health care, N Korea is threatening to wipe us out - Can we not take this regime out, like now?
Jenni
Jenni at 11:14am June 24
LOL Noel!
Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan What we're getting from the other side and the President are these straw men arguments, which are really intellectually lazy. More importantly, mocking the criticism doesn't make it untrue.

With the public plan, it is literally impossible for the private sector to fairly compete against it. The private sector has to pay taxes. The private sector has to account for its employees and benefits. The private sector pays whatever rates it negotiates with providers. The public plan dictates payments lower than what the private sector can get, doesn't pay taxes, and literally doesn't have to account for its payroll and benefit costs. It is a stacked deck.

Paul Ryan on CNBC's Squawk Box
Source: www.cnbc.com
June 23, 2009
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Jenni
Jenni at 11:09am June 24
Common Sense will prevail- just keep hitting them with the facts! Great job!
Adrian
Adrian at 3:31pm June 24
you are the new face of the GOP mr Ryan. I hope you keep making great strides with your financial insight, and your political drive to push for preserving our capitalist system and great american values.
Lisa Rector-Thomas

Lisa Rector-Thomas Paul, please don't have any affairs.

June 23 at 9:38pm · Report
Ana
Ana at 5:28pm July 4
It's ironic that Paul just finished saying on an interview clsoe to the Father's Day that he values above all being a good husband and father...a clue that he is devoted! But still, we are definitely pleading with our leaders!! No hanky panky.
Jeremy

Jeremy You are the best! Keep it up! I admire your courage and temperance toward govt control and spending. Keep it up, Mr. Ryan!

June 23 at 6:10pm · Report
Frank Shannon

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is a site where you can follow activity on H.R. 2927, which attempts to correct the Border Adjustable Tax problem. The BAT problem is responsible for a large part of our trade deficit and resultant job losses. It will fix the American economy in the long term by addressing the 20-30 year structural decline in net US exports.

If you vote for the bill, at this site, you will notice that the bill currently enjoys support from 65% of the visitors to the site. Please consider learning about this bill, voting at this site, and adding your comments to this site.

June 22 at 8:16am · Report