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Latest Fact-Checks On Paul Ryan

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Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on April 17, 2018 a news conference
Says that on the tax reform law, Democratic leaders "are promising to take it all away."
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May 2, 2018
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on February 15, 2018 a briefing with reporters
We "have laws on the books designed to prevent people with mental illnesses from getting firearms."
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February 26, 2018
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 13, 2017 an interview
The 1986 tax reform approved under Ronald Reagan "was polling at about 18 percent right before they passed it."
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December 18, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 1, 2017 an interview
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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December 8, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on November 3, 2017 a speech
"With this plan, the typical family of four will save $1,182 a year on their taxes."
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By Louis Jacobson • November 3, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 7, 2017 an interview
Before Obamacare, Wisconsin’s "high-risk pool" for health insurance "had eight or nine" plans to choose from, people "could go to any doctor or any hospital they wanted, and their premiums and co-pays were cheaper than they are under Obamacare today."
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May 19, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on March 13, 2017 a news release
A report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office "confirms that the American Health Care Act will lower premiums."
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March 14, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 25, 2017 an interview
In the United States, "we tax our exports and don't tax our imports."
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February 9, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on June 19, 2016 a TV interview
Under the current procedure, if someone "on a terror watch list" tries to buy a gun, authorities are notified.
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By Jonathan Anderson • September 2, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on July 18, 2016 a speech
"The poverty rates in America today aren’t much better than when we started the War on Poverty."
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By Sarah Hauer • August 5, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 3, 2016 an op-ed
After initially agreeing with Republicans on an amount for Zika funding, "Democrats derailed it."
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By Jon Greenberg • August 4, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on April 27, 2016 a town hall at Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service
"Under (Obamacare), you can’t reward a person for better behavior. You can’t have incentives to be healthier."
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By Eric Litke • June 8, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 20, 2015 comments on 'Meet the Press'
The Affordable Care Act is "making families pay double-digit premium increases."
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By Linda Qiu • December 20, 2015
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 17, 2015 on CNN's "State of the Union"
"Every president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has had" fast-track trade authority.
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By Lauren Carroll • May 17, 2015
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on April 11, 2013 a speech
Says Abraham Lincoln supported an agreement that allowed slavery in New Mexico "and a law to return runaway slaves to their owners."
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April 21, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on March 15, 2013 a speech at CPAC
"Our debt is already bigger than our economy."
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By Molly Moorhead • March 15, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 4, 2012 a speech
"Over $1 trillion" was spent on anti-poverty programs in 2011, enough to "give every single poor American a check for $22,000."
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December 30, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on October 11, 2012 the vice presidential debate in Danville, Ky.
The Obama administration "called Bashar Assad a reformer when he was turning his Russian-provided guns on his own people."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 12, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 29, 2012 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa
In Massachusetts under Mitt Romney, "unemployment went down, household incomes went up," and the state "saw its credit rating upgraded."
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By Dave Umhoefer • August 30, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 18, 2012 a campaign stop at The Villages
The Romney-Ryan plan for Medicare "does not affect" benefits for anyone 55 or older.
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By Katie Sanders • August 24, 2012
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