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Paul Ryan
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 29
Congressional Staff
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United States Representative
Janesville
Wisconsin
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We must promote upward mobility, starting with solutions that speak to our broken education system, broken immigration policy, and broken safety-net programs that foster dependency instead of helping people get back on their feet.
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There are various different kinds of conservatives and different kinds of Republicans. We all come from different corners of our party. The key here is not only to unify and merge these approaches, but to also invite everyone else in America to get us focused on our solutions.
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Politics has become a blood sport that goes beyond just the person whose name is on the ballot.
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I believe in the principles that built America, I believe in the Constitution.
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We must be clear. White supremacy is repulsive. This bigotry is counter to all America stands for. There can be no moral ambiguity.
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The moral case for individual initiative in a free economy holds that people have a God-given right to use their creativity to produce things that improve our lives.
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We do not have a functioning market in the true sense of the word in health care. That's a layer of transparency that's sorely needed in America.
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A lot of people don't believe in the American idea anymore.
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What I'm concerned about is endless borrowing, which is going to compromise our economy not only today but in the future. Because we know the decisions we make right now really dramatically impact us in the future, and the debt is literally getting out of our control.
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Was it a good idea to spend taxpayer dollars on electric cars in Finland, or on windmills in China? Was it a good idea to borrow all this money from countries like China and spend it on all these various different interest groups?
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I`d say is stimulus infrastructure spending is not instant jobs. I think the real reason the president [Donald Trump] wants to do this is because we have a crumbling infrastructure problem and you need a good modern infrastructure for economic growth to occur.
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I spent more time talking with this president [Donald Trump] in the last few days, I think, than I probably talked with this last president [Barack Obama] in the last six months. So this is something that he is working very closely hand in glove with congress.
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I want to bring accountability to the federal government. I want the federal government to respect the states.
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When government misleads the country about a terrorist attack, that erodes trust.
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I think it is inflationary. I think it actually is counterproductive in many ways. You end up costing jobs from people who are at the bottom rung of the economic ladder.
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We will not try to replace our founding principles, we will reapply our founding principles.
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Look, only in Washington is not raising taxes considered a tax cut. Nobody's getting a tax cut here. We're not cutting taxes. We're preventing tax increases from occurring.
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Here's the problem if you keep raising tax rates: You slow down economic growth.
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Look at the potential for America. Look at the direction we've been going. Look at the direction we need to go.
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You can go back and rescind an old regulation like Obama era regulations. That was done once in 20 years. We've done 14 of them in law this year alone, because they can't filibuster that.
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