Paul Ryan

I unfortunately believe it is a fight we are going to continue to have. But this amendment is so broad and so sweeping and so comprehensive in so many ways that it leaves a lot of unanswered questions on the table. One of the concerns I…

the gentleman has my pledge to work with him on fixing this process. By this time tomorrow night, we are going to lose four dairy farms in the State of Wisconsin at the pace we are at right now. We have lost more dairy farms in the State…

What we want to make sure happens is that for those victims of this terrorist act, they are afforded the same kinds of benefits in the Tax Code that victims of terrorism abroad, in the military or civilian, are entitled to. We want to make…

As we come together today, in continued shock and deep mourning our hearts go out to all who lost loved ones, friends, and colleagues in yesterday's tragic attacks. As the terrible course of events unfolded yesterday, our nation drew…

today is a day of prayer and mourning for America, the victims, and their loved ones. But it is also a day of resolution. We are resolved to bring those responsible for this atrocity to justice, swift and sure, and make clear that America…

I am curious as I watch this debate over medical savings accounts from the other side, if you are so much against MSAs, then why do you expand MSAs in your own bill? The Ganske-Dingell bill has medical savings accounts expansion and…

Mr. Chairman, we all want higher fuel efficiency for cars. Everybody believes in that goal, but we do not want to accomplish this goal at the expense of vehicle safety and workers' jobs. This chart shows what the amendment is proposing…

I think Liberia is probably a poor example. But, nevertheless, to promote an institution that promotes higher taxes worldwide rather than lower taxes worldwide is an institution that is probably not worthy of our support.

It is a pleasure to celebrate the things that he has done on behalf of the residents of Kenosha County, and the fact that he was able to address the Nation in prayer this morning is a tribute to the sacrifices that he and his family have…

The other side has nothing to offer but fear itself. One seeks to prey on the emotions of fear and envy in the American people and to exploit those emotions to keep more of their hard-earned money in Washington. The other school of…

I want to thank them for including that section 415 provision. This affects thousands of building trades workers in southern Wisconsin who because of this law are going to have a better pension system that they deserve, that they paid…

there is just one big bottom line to this debate today: People are overpaying their taxes. We are going to hear a lot of debate today saying it is too risky, the process is backwards, all of these things. What is behind these remarks is…

I have here an apples-to-apples comparison of the Bush plan for the surplus and the Gore plan for the surplus. I think it is very important to put aside all the rhetoric you hear, because a lot of times when you listen to politicians'…

hopefully Tuesday, September 26, marked the turning point in the misguided antitrust suit against Microsoft when the Supreme Court turned down a Hail-Mary plea by the government to hear Microsoft's appeal. Two new studies, one from the…

Mr. Speaker, S. 1198 is Truth in Regulating Act of 2000. It is a bipartisan good government bill. It establishes a regulatory analysis function with the General Accounting Office. This function is intended to enhance congressional…

I have an education advisory board which consists of parents, teachers, school board members, administrators, superintendents from all around southern Wisconsin; and I am always asking them for ideas, asking them what kinds of reforms do…

Two weeks after the President came right behind the gentleman there and gave the State of the Union address last year, where he talked about how we are going to use the government surplus, he went to Buffalo, New York, and talked to a…

I notice the gentleman is here talking about how a lot of the money coming to Washington through our Federal tax dollars is getting wasted, it is getting misappropriated, there is actual fraud involved. So I thought that would be a fitting…

That is right. It is not Washington's money, it is America's money. As we take a look at this, let us take a look at the two different proposals being pushed right now by the two different Presidential candidates. I have here sort of an…

What would happen if a small or medium-sized business in Michigan or Texas or Wisconsin could not pass their audit with the IRS?

I also serve on the House Committee on the Budget. We actually spend a great deal of time crunching these numbers, looking at the surplus, and evaluating the different plans that come through Washington that are being proposed. What we…

The gentleman is saying that we have nine Cabinet departments that cannot pass an audit?

I rise today to thank the Pastor, Jerry Pruitt, from the newly renamed Faith Builders International in Beloit, Wisconsin, formerly known as New Ark Christian. Mr. Speaker, I have come to know Pastor Jerry Pruitt as a personal friend and a…

today we are voting on H.R. 4923, the Community Renewal and New Markets Act, which includes a provision to create several very large investment companies targeted toward the inner cities and rural communities. The American Private…

Mr. Chairman, the underlying bill directs the U.S. Customs Service that it shall not, in the event of a reorganization of field operations, reduce the level of service to the area served by the port of Racine, Wisconsin, below the level of…