If the 'super committee' fails to reach a deal, then cuts through sequestration will only impose deeper and more dangerous cuts to our military and non-entitlement spending.
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.
There's something missing in this entire debate. Over the course of the last 30 years, in the 1970s, if you would have seen the real income for the top 1 percent, it accounted for about 9 percent of real income. Today the top 1 percent…
One final point. The debt that we now are debating was run up by our friends on the other side--two wars, the Bush tax cuts, and a prescription drug plan all on the credit card. And now the same people who've worked their way up in the…
I thank the gentleman for yielding. One of the issues we want on the table here is revenue. The top 400 wealthiest people in the United States of America pay a 17 percent tax rate. My constituents in Youngstown and Akron, Ohio, pay a heck…
I thank the gentlelady. I would also like to thank Representative Fudge and the Congressional Black Caucus. This issue of voter identification and voter suppression goes to the heart of our Constitution in this country. Eleven percent of…
I thank the gentleman. I would also like to thank our ranking member for carrying the flag here on our side and combating some of the misinformation that's coming out from the other side. And I know the other side certainly feels the same…
I thank the gentlelady, and I would also like to thank Representative Fudge for her leadership. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlelady may not yield blocks of time.
I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Dold). The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
Thank you. This has been an interesting debate. I've been able to sit down here and listen to a lot of folks on both sides talk about really investments that we need to make in the United States. I'm glad that there are some investments…
We had a group in Cleveland, Ohio, do a study a few years back that, if you added in that cost, the 17 percent of our military budget that protects the oil lines, supply lines for oil all over the world, the actual cost of a gallon of gas…





