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I'm a person that can get along with people. I like people who believe passionately in things even if they're not the things I agree with.

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Paul Ryan
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 29
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Look, I am not worried about Washington cutting too much spending too fast. I mean, the kinds of spending cuts we're talking about just right now are $100 billion out of a $3.7 trillion budget.
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The patient is the nucleus of the health care system.
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The condition of your birth doesn't determine the outcome of your life. This is America.
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I do have a concern that if we just say no Trans-Pacific Partnership, we`re done, we`re ignoring the region, and then, yes, I think we`re creating a void for China, but that is not what the president [Donald Trump] is saying.
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Now it's a war on women tomorrow it's going to be a war on left-handed Irishmen or something like that.
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Americans are better off in a dynamic, free-enterprise-based economy that fosters economic growth, opportunity and upward mobility instead of a stagnant, government-directed economy that stifles job creation and fosters government dependency.
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I think there's always a role for Congress under every instance in every administration to conduct oversight of the executive branch.
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The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand. The fight we are in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight of individualism versus collectivism.
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I think you can walk and chew gum at the same time. I think you can oppose the president on some issue that you fundamentally disagree with, but also work with the other party on issues you do agree with.
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But just because we can't fix Obamacare doesn't mean we can't start to get rid of its worst features. On Thursday, the House will take up a bill to define 'full time' as 40 hours per week, so more people can work full time.
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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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A Clinton presidency is an Obama third term. And it's very difficult for them to get away from it.
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I do politics in order to do policy.
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The President didn't offer any clarity in his latest speech about what he would do to tackle our nation's debt before it tackles us and it's still not clear how he'll keep Medicare from going bankrupt. One thing is clear though, Barack Obama isn't interested in governing or putting forward solutions to fix our nation's problems.
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While I respect the professionals at the FBI, this announcement defies explanation. No one should be above the law.
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In a justly organized community, however, government exists to secure the right to life and the other human rights that follow from that primary right.
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Donald Trump is a pretty casual guy. He calls me Paul.
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I believe in the principles that built America, I believe in the Constitution.
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In Pennsylvania, 38 percent of Pennsylvania seniors chose to get their Medicare from a plan called Medicare Advantage. It's their choice. Forty-seven percent of them are going to lose it under 'Obamacare' according to Medicare by 2017.
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You have to remember, eight out of 10 businesses in America, they file their business as individuals, as people.
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