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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.
He goes on to say, ``That was the biggest unseen cost of college.'' He also goes on to talk about the variable interest rate for student loans. ``I have a fixed rate of nearly 3.4 percent right now. If that were to change, the light at the…
I am spending over $300 a semester for textbooks that have been used four or five times already by previous students. My best friend was unable to be the first in his family to graduate from a major university due to the fact that he was…
Absolutely. I think an amazing number here, and I know viewers cannot see these at home, but these are official statistics. Household debt in January 2001 was $6.6 trillion. Household debt today, $8.8 trillion; $2.2 trillion more of…
They have been asked to make no sacrifice at all, and these gentlemen were talking before we got up here, about an hour ago, and they said, quote, and I wrote it down, ``Republicans will not raise taxes.'' And I think there were two words…
Everyone who in some way receives some kind of public assistance, whether it is the veterans, or No Child Left Behind, or people going to school, everyone, Medicare, all the social programs that we have been asked to make some kind of…
So in essence we do have universal health care in the country but it is through the emergency room.
If you are a young student sitting at home right now, watching this or hearing about these policies, what would you rather have? That is that democracy. It is that simple. What would you rather have, tax cuts? A millionaire getting…
The great investment of the GI Bill, which sprang our economy into the world domination we now have. I look at my grandparents' generation, who many accessed the GI Bill, doctors, lawyers and engineers. The space program, it was not just…
I support this resolution which honors the importance of school-based music education. Specifically, this resolution recognizes that music education, grounded in rigorous instruction, is an important component of a well-rounded academic…
We support this resolution. We appreciate the gentleman's efforts on this. I want to make perfectly clear that we want to show our support and congratulate the public charter schools for their contributions to the system, and say what…
It is obvious now to the American people that this administration and this Congress is bought and paid for by the top 1 percent of the people in this country. They get all the money they want for the deals in Iraq. They get their tax…
Reclaiming my time because it is running out, there is no way we can say with a straight face that it does not pass the snicker test to think manufacturing jobs are going to come back into Ohio or anywhere in the industrial Midwest because…
I think it shows a trend, though, to the gentleman from California, that there are many people who bought into the program in the early 1990s who are no longer agreeing with it.
I also wanted to quickly comment on the Tierney amendments, which is included in here, which will allow us to find out why the contractors are leaving the United States. The average taxpayer pays $1,000 a year that goes to building up our…
I think the main point that we all need to understand is we are going to borrow $550 billion, not to invest in education, not to invest in health care but a giveaway to the top 1 percent. Four out of five people in my congressional…
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