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Tim Ryan

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Tim Ryan is a Democratic politician from Ohio, known for his service as a U.S. Representative. He has represented Ohio's 13th congressional district since 2003, focusing on issues such as job creation, education, and healthcare. Ryan has been an advocate for manufacturing and has worked to support the middle class in his district. He has also been involved in various initiatives aimed at addressing the opioid crisis in Ohio. In 2020, he ran for the Democratic nomination for President, emphasizing a message of unity and economic opportunity.

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Oct 7, 2015

In my district, I have three. We have Youngstown State University, which had the first STEM college in the entire State of Ohio, and Akron University, which does a ton of work converting. It used to be the rubber capital of the world. Now…

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Oct 7, 2015

I don't remember that, but that sounds like something I would have said. That is great. Well, thank you. This is bringing back a lot of memories. I look at some of our friends that staff the House of Representatives, and we had a lot of…

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Oct 7, 2015

I feel like we are here to provide a little historical context. So when we, back in the day, and that was 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, before the Democrats took over the House a few years back, we had a student loan system that the banks would…

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Oct 7, 2015

Definitely in agreement across generations, across party lines. Being young, you kind of understand it. I think if we can move the conversation away from kind of the dark, the world is going to end, globalization, global warming talk, and…

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Sep 30, 2015

Yes. It is not like it is a 4-year degree either. It is something that can be learned in a year or two because you are focused on exactly where you are going to be. And you talk about a welder maybe starting at $60,000-plus. You think…

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Sep 30, 2015

It is hard not to get a little bit nostalgic. I think a lot of times those of us who advocate for manufacturing spend a little too much time in the nostalgia phase and not enough time, I think, working in the space where we are trying to…

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Sep 30, 2015

I thank the gentleman from New York. This is a great opportunity for us to share, I think, as Democrats and Republicans. My friend from New York represents upstate New York, and that area of our country and the State of New York have a…

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Sep 30, 2015

This has been great. Let's keep it rolling and figure out what we can do moving forward in a bipartisan way like you and Congressman Kennedy did. I think that is essential with growing the ecosystem around different kinds of manufacturing…

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Sep 30, 2015

We all know that there are the larger manufacturers who can hire accountants and all the rest to figure it out, but it is the small- and medium-sized tier 3, tier 4 suppliers, you know, that maybe have 50 or 100 people and it is a family…

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Sep 8, 2015

I would like to just take a minute to join with Congresswoman Kaptur, with Congresswoman Marcia Fudge, and with Congresswoman Joyce Beatty in honoring the life of Louis Stokes. We attended his funeral a few weeks back, and I just want to…

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Jun 12, 2015

I thank the gentleman for yielding. This reminds me of the song: Are you going to believe me or your lying eyes? When you come from areas of the country that some of us represent, you see what has happened with these trade deals. Adelphi…

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Mar 24, 2015

I have been in Congress now 13 years, and I have had many discussions with the chairman over the course of my career, but I am stunned--and I know he won't be stunned that I am stunned--with the inability of the Republican Party to govern…

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