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  • The Facts on Medicare and How to Save It
    May 25, 2011 - The House Budget Committee released a video today explaining the real danger our growing debt poses to Medicare, and advancing a plan of action to save this critical health-security program. Watch video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJIC7kEq6kw Chairman Paul Ryan, who appears in the video, issued... More
  • Ryan Statement on 2011 Trustees Report
    May 13, 2011 - Earlier today, the trustees of Social Security and Medicare issued their annual report, warning again of the programs’ major financial shortfalls. In response to this report, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (WI-01) issued the following statement: “Today’s report yet again highlights the ur... More
  • Paul Ryan: “This is our generation’s defining moment”
    April 15, 2011 - WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives passed a budget today that puts the government’s budget on a path to balance and puts the nation on a path to prosperity. With today’s vote, the House turned the page on the politics of the past and offered a fresh, optimistic view of a prosperous futur... More
  • Chairman Ryan Announces House Budget Committee Hearings for March
    March 2, 2011 - WASHINGTON – House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (WI-01) announced today two upcoming Committee hearings aimed at engaging the public on the Federal’s government unsustainable fiscal trajectory, and the need to repair our health and retirement security safety net. On Thursday, March 10, the C... More
  • Paul Ryan: Administration Fails to Lead Again on Entitlement Reform
    March 1, 2011 - WASHINGTON – Earlier today, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (WI-01) called upon President Obama to adhere to the law and help secure Medicare for current and future seniors. The Obama Administration ignored a legal requirement – known as the “Medicare Trigger” – that calls for the Administ... More
  • Paul Ryan: Fiscal Train Wreck Must Be Repealed and Replaced
    February 18, 2011 - WASHINGTON – House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan issued the following statement following confirmation by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that using more realistic assumptions, the Democrats’ health care law would add up to a half-trillion dollars to the deficit over the next decade: “T... More
  • Statement by GOP Leaders & Chairman Ryan on Upcoming GOP Budget Plan
    February 15, 2011 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), and Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement after President Obama’s press conference today: “The... More
  • Paul Ryan: President Fails Leadership Test
    February 14, 2011 - WASHINGTON – House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan issued the following statement in response to the release of President Obama’s FY2012 Budget: “The President’s budget spends too much, taxes too much, and borrows too much – stifling job growth today and leaving our children with a diminished fu... More
  • Chairman Ryan Announces Hearing on the Fiscal Consequences of the Health Care Law
    January 20, 2011 - WASHINGTON – House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (WI-01) announced today that the Committee will hold a hearing to examine the fiscal impact of the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” and “Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.” The hearing will take place on Wednesday,... More
  • Paul Ryan: Health Care Law a “Fiscal Train Wreck”
    January 6, 2011 - WASHINGTON – House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan issued the following statement with respect to House Republicans’ continued efforts to repeal and replace the Democrats’ costly government takeover of health care: “The Democrats' health care law is a budget buster. Misleading claims on its defi... More

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