Paul Ryan
U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R.-Wis., became Speaker of the House in 2015 and served until his retirement in January 2019. Ryan was elected to represent southern Wisconsin in Congress in 1998 and for part of his tenure chaired the House Budget Committee. He was Mitt Romney's vice-presidential running mate in the 2012 presidential election. He did not seek re-election in 2018.
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"WOW county swing suburban voters (in Wisconsin) don't vote for Donald Trump.”
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Says that on the tax reform law, Democratic leaders "are promising to take it all away."
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We "have laws on the books designed to prevent people with mental illnesses from getting firearms."
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The 1986 tax reform approved under Ronald Reagan "was polling at about 18 percent right before they passed it."
Under the House Republican tax plan, in Wisconsin, "the median household of four gets about a $2,000 tax cut, on average."
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"With this plan, the typical family of four will save $1,182 a year on their taxes."
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The Republican tax reform proposal is focused on tax breaks for the middle class "and not about people who are really high-income earners getting a…
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"We've got about $3 trillion in trapped cash overseas that basically can't come back in this country because of our tax laws."
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Says Aaron Rodgers "is not the highest tax rate payer" in Wisconsin, it's "the single mom getting 24 grand in benefits with two kids who…
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"We’ve got dozens of counties around America that have zero insurers left."