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Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 1, 2017 in an interview:
"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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By Tom Kertscher • September 15, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 5, 2017 in a news conference:
Obamacare is "hurting people right now" with premium increases of up to 116 percent.
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By Eric Litke • February 3, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on November 9, 2016 in a news conference:
Obamacare "is not a popular law."
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By Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 11, 2016 in a tweet:
Says "President Obama’s proposed oil tax would cost consumers 24 cents a gallon."  
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By Tom Kertscher • August 26, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on June 19, 2016 in an interview:
"People have a constitutional right to have semiautomatic rifles."  
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By Tom Kertscher • June 24, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on March 17, 2016 in a news conference:
"To this day, (the Cuban government) is a regime that provides safe harbor to terrorists and fugitives."
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By Lauren Carroll • March 24, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on February 22, 2016 in a television interview:
"70 percent of Americans believe that we are on the wrong path."
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By Sarah Hauer • March 22, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on June 11, 2014 in a speech:
All 28 members of NATO have "pledged to spend at least 2 percent of their economy on defense. But only three countries do -- Britain, Greece and us."  
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By Tom Kertscher • June 19, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 4, 2013 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"Obamacare … carries on even under a government shutdown."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 4, 2012 in a speech:
"One out of every four students fails to earn a high school diploma. In our major cities across America, half of our kids don’t graduate."
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By Tom Kertscher • December 23, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on October 11, 2012 in the vice presidential debate in Danville, Ky.:
"The Canadians — they (dropped) their tax rates to 15 percent. The average tax rate on businesses in the industrialized world is 25 percent."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 12, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 7, 2012 in a television interview:
Based on the August 2012 national jobs numbers, "for every person who got a job, nearly four people stopped looking for a job."
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By James B. Nelson • September 19, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 9, 2012 in an appearance on 'This Week.':
Says he and Mitt Romney "always said that we agree with the 2014 deadline" for leaving Afghanistan.
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By Molly Moorhead • September 11, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 27, 2012 in an interview:
Wealthy taxpayers, not middle-income earners, get "most of the deductions" in the tax code.
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By Dave Umhoefer • August 29, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 23, 2012 in a news release:
Says U.S. Senate Democrats "have gone without any budget at all" for more than 1,000 days.
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By Tom Kertscher • February 2, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 16, 2011 in a speech in Chicago:
On taxes, President Barack Obama wants to raise "the top rate to 44.8 percent."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2011