Pat Ryan

We need to make the Tax Code simpler, fairer, and flatter so more people can invest and create jobs right here in America.

I would urge all Republicans and, of course, Democrats to take the issue of currency manipulation very seriously.

We need to start dismantling it piece by piece and replacing it with far better reforms.

I want to ensure that we treat each other with respect and that we conduct our debates in a civil manner.

If you let other Governments continue to cheat, it will go badly for our middle class.

Trade Promotion Authority would empower Congress to set our negotiating objectives and hold the administration accountable.

It is in the House Rules. I think the gentleman should review, but----

Historically, we have doubled our standard of living among Americans every 32 years.

We also need to repeal and replace Obamacare with patient center reforms.

I want to lead this committee so that we have a full debate on the issues, a full respectful debate on the issues.

At every juncture, when you have to make tough policy decisions, ... you have to err on the side of growth and give it a chance at the--in the policy discussion.

I urge Congress to protect the Medicare Part D and the Medicare Advantage programs.

rather than addressing that looming entitlement crisis, President Obama chose to focus on passing the Affordable Care Act.

the 800-pound gorilla in the Federal budget is mandatory spending, which makes up 60 percent of the Federal budget.

the reality is that this is not entirely the fault of one party or the other; we have gotten here together.

I call on the Administration to focus on passing Trade Promotion Authority as soon as possible.

This is not the most open and transparent administration the President promised.

The apology that ought to be given is to the American taxpayer, not to a government agency that is abusing its power.

You can reach into the lives of hardworking taxpayers and with a phone call, an email, or a letter, you can turn their lives upside down.

If we are investigating criminal wrongdoing, targeting of people based on their political beliefs, and the emails in question are lost because of a hard drive crash that is apparently unrecoverable, which a lot of IT professionals will…

I don't believe you.

What you have lost is all credibility.

You can blame it on a technical glitch. It is not a technical glitch to mislead the American people.

if we don't get this Tax Code reformed, if we don't get it to the point where people can actually read it and understand it, if we don't get it to the point where they have confidence that the people who are enforcing that code are on…

these are American problems. This is not a Republican issue or a Democrat issue or a libertarian issue or an independent issue.