Paul Ryan

We don't want to follow Europe. We don't want a welfare state. We don't want a debt crisis. We don't want to prolong this recession. We don't want to keep this path of household incomes going down $4,000. We want to turn this thing around.

The idea that these entrepreneurs owe all their success to some government bureaucrat or some centralized planner just defies reality.

To my great disappointment, it appears that the politics of division are making a great comeback. Instead of working together where we agree, the president has opted for divisive rhetoric and the broken politics of the past.

But I still like the idea of corporate tax reform. I think that would be health for growth.

Let's talk about the Paul Ryan budget plan to bring some discipline to the country. Let's get our deficit under control.

What we heard today was not fiscal leadership from our commander-in-chief. What we heard today was a political broadside from our campaigner-in-chief.

We're at a moment, where if government's growth is left unchecked and unchallenged, America's best century will be considered our past century. This is a future in which we will transform our social safety net into a hammock which lulls…

He wants to -- kill Medicare as we know it today, make it a voucher program that insurance companies would be in charge of, which by the way would cut Medicare by 76 percent.

He is the chairman now of the House Budget Committee now. He does have a blueprint out there for the budget that would privatize Social Security, turn it over Wall Street, turn Medicare into a voucher program, cut taxes on the rich…

We need to change the culture of spending.

We need to cut spending now.

This bill is a fiscal Frankenstein. It is a government takeover. It is not democratic.

This bill is a fiscal Frankenstein. It's a government takeover. It's not Democratic.

This is a Ponzi scheme that would make Bernie Madoff proud.

Regulate all this? Should four people in Washington decide exactly how this works and what you can and cannot buy?

Medicare, as you know, is a $38 trillion unfunded liability. It has to be reformed for younger generations because it won't exist because it's going bankrupt.

I graduated from Miami of Ohio in 1992. I'd say one of the reasons why I am here, standing and talking in the well of the House of Representatives, is because of the lessons that I learned at Miami of Ohio. The things that shaped me there…

We are here not simply as the opposition party. We are here as the proposition party.

We are here not simply as the opposition party, we are here as the proposition party.

today is the beginning of a new Congress. Our new President hasn't even taken the oath of office and we are throwing fiscal discipline out the door. This whole idea of PAYGO is gone. It doesn't exist. It is a charade. Let's take a look at…

I congratulate Chairman Obey, Leader Boehner, and Mr. Lewis for bringing a bill to the floor that provides funding for our troops without restrictions on our commanders. My hometown is under water, and I am glad this bill provides funding…

what this is all about is priorities, that is what budgets are, and when you take a look the priorities in this budget, it is a huge missed opportunity. I started the beginning of this debate by complimenting the distinguished gentleman…

I hate to have to come to the floor today to talk about how bad this bill is, but it's impossible not to do that. This bill gives millions of dollars, billions of dollars in farm subsidies to millionaires. This bill takes all budget…

today I am introducing a roadmap for America's future, legislation to transform our Federal Government, to reform the Nation's health care entitlements, Social Security, and the Federal Tax Code. My legislation does three things: It…

Yesterday, the House waived the PAYGO rules to give farm subsidies to millionaires. Today, the House wants to enforce PAYGO to raise taxes on small businesses. I fear for this institution. The majority is taking us down a slippery slope…