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Paul Ryan
stated on February 23, 2023 TV interview

"WOW county swing suburban voters (in Wisconsin) don't vote for Donald Trump.”

By D.L. Davis • April 18, 2023

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."

May 2, 2018

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."

February 26, 2018

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."

December 18, 2017

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."

December 8, 2017

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."

By Louis Jacobson • November 3, 2017

Paul Ryan
stated on September 27, 2017 an interview

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 tax break."

October 13, 2017

Paul Ryan
stated on September 1, 2017 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."

September 15, 2017

Paul Ryan
stated on August 21, 2017 a town hall

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 will lose 80 cents on the dollar if she goes and takes a job."

September 1, 2017

Paul Ryan
stated on August 21, 2017 a CNN town hall broadcast

"We’ve got dozens of counties around America that have zero insurers left."

By Jon Greenberg • August 24, 2017

Paul Ryan
stated on June 27, 2017 an interview with Fox News

Says the CBO said "it's not that people are getting pushed off a plan; it's that people will choose not to buy something they don't like or want."

By Jon Greenberg • June 28, 2017

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."

May 19, 2017

Paul Ryan
stated on May 2, 2017 a news conference

"We got to a point that our Air Force pilots were going to museums to find spare parts over the last eight years" under Barack Obama.

May 11, 2017

Paul Ryan
stated on May 4, 2017 remarks in 2009 and actions in 2017

On voting for a health care bill without an up-to-date Congressional Budget Office score

By Louis Jacobson • May 4, 2017

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."

March 14, 2017

Paul Ryan
stated on January 25, 2017 an interview

In the United States, "we tax our exports and don't tax our imports."

February 9, 2017

Paul Ryan
stated on January 5, 2017 a news conference

Obamacare is "hurting people right now" with premium increases of up to 116 percent.

By Eric Litke • February 3, 2017

Paul Ryan
stated on January 5, 2017 a press briefing

"Obamacare has failed."

February 1, 2017

Paul Ryan
stated on January 12, 2017 a media briefing

Obamacare "is in what the actuaries call a death spiral."

By Eric Litke • January 18, 2017

Paul Ryan
stated on November 10, 2016 an interview

"Because of Obamacare, Medicare is going broke."

December 23, 2016

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