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Our debt is out of control. What was a fiscal challenge is now a fiscal crisis. We cannot deny it instead we must, as Americans, confront it responsibly. And that is exactly what Republicans pledge to do.

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Paul Ryan
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 29
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