Pat Ryan
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Pat Kevin Ryan is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing New York's 18th congressional district since August 23, 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, Ryan has a background as an Army officer and has engaged in various public service roles prior to his congressional career. His work in Congress has focused on issues such as national security and veterans' affairs, reflecting his military experience.
Jun 5, 2012
Growing debt would increase the probability of a sudden fiscal crisis, during which investors would lose confidence in the government's ability to manage its budget, and the government would thereby lose its ability to borrow at affordable…
Jun 5, 2012
You are saying that the higher marginal tax rates go, the less output in economic growth we get.
Jun 5, 2012
Our entitlement programs--in particular government spending on health care--are the core drivers of the debt.
Jun 5, 2012
So what that means is, in the 2030s, we do not think we can measure the economy going forward because the debt burdens.
Jun 5, 2012
I think it is very constructive that we have what we call an alternative fiscal scenario because that sort of more reflects current policies.
May 31, 2012
It is once again the fiction that ah, we didn't need the government and this could have been a privately run bankruptcy.
May 31, 2012
While we're dealing with tough economic times, Americans still live in the most prosperous and dynamic country in the world.
May 31, 2012
I would argue for looking at immigration as an economic solution to our problems; that we identify aspirational people.
May 31, 2012
We have to ask ourselves whether the status quo--an expensive and unaffordable status quo--is the best way to address the problems that the Congress has set for itself to solve.
May 31, 2012
This creates a rigged game where success is too often determined not by the quality of service or products a business provides but by their relationships to those in power in Washington.
May 30, 2012
Let's summon the courage and vision to choose freedom, to choose prosperity, and to determine our destiny.
May 30, 2012
Any sudden tax hike would hurt our economy, so this fall--before the election--the House of Representatives will vote to stop the largest tax increase in American history.
May 30, 2012
Unfortunately, the current leaders in the Democrat-controlled Senate and at the White House have failed to step forward with solutions that match the magnitude of our challenges.
May 30, 2012
The purpose of today's hearing is to examine the need to restore responsibility and accountability to how Washington spends its taxpayers' hard earned dollars.
May 30, 2012
We thought that was especially important, so there is a debt limit that is set, but there is never any sort of measure or metric as to how high we want the future, our excess obligations stemming from some of these programs to be.
May 30, 2012
If the president continues to put politics before principle--or party before country, as he often accuses others of doing--our economy will suffer.
May 30, 2012
I believe it will require both political parties to work together to find common ground and right this fiscal ship.
May 30, 2012
The difference between knowing what's right and doing what's right is courage, and the president, I'm sorry to say, lost his.
Apr 26, 2012
I hesitate to say this, but, Dr. Rivlin I think I agreed with everything you said in your opening statement.
Apr 24, 2012
The balanced approach, I hear this quite a bit these days. The President already has a pretty steep tax increase in his budget.
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