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  • CBO Report: Danger Ahead Unless America Charts New Course
    June 5, 2012 - WASHINGTON – Earlier today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued the latest update of The Long-Term Budget Outlook. This report outlines a bleak fiscal and economic future, and underscores the painful consequences for American families should policymakers fail to advance fiscally responsible... More
  • Chairman Ryan on the Clarifying Choice Offered by U.S. Senate’s Budget Failures
    May 16, 2012 - Washington – On the 1,113th day since Senate Democrats last passed a budget, the U.S. Senate considered a series of budget resolutions, none authored or supported by a single Senate Democrat. The national debt has eclipsed the size of the entire U.S. economy, yet the Democrat-controlled Senate has f... More
  • Ryan on Passage of Responsible Deficit Reduction Package
    May 10, 2012 - WASHINGTON – Earlier today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5652, the Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012, a package of reforms aimed to avert across-the-board cuts to our armed forces and key priorities, reduce the deficit, and foster a better environment for job creation... More
  • Ryan Statement on Advancement of Responsible Spending Restraints and Reforms
    May 7, 2012 - Washington – Following the House Budget Committee’s successful passage of the Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act and the Sequester Replacement Act, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin issued the following statement: “Both parties agree that the across-the-board sequester set... More
  • House Budget Committee Mark-Up: Reconciliation and Replacing the Sequester
    May 7, 2012 - Welcome to today’s mark-up. Today, this Committee meets to advance sensible spending restraints and to reprioritize savings called for under the Budget Control Act. Last year, as we were coming up on the debt ceiling, the Obama administration asked Congress to rubber-stamp a blank-check increase in ... More
  • Medicare: Two paths, two futures
    May 4, 2012 - President Obama and his party's leaders have suffered a string of bad weeks. Deliberations at the U.S. Supreme Court raised serious questions about whether the president's massive health care takeover could ever be compatible with our constitutional republic of limited and separated powers. The pres... More
  • Chairman Ryan: Seniors Deserve Better From President Obama
    April 23, 2012 - WASHINGTON – In response to today’s release of the Medicare and Social Security trustees’ annual report, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan issued the following statement: “In their latest report, the trustees of Medicare and Social Security warn that the health and retirement security of mil... More
  • Chairman Ryan Statement on the Democrat-Controlled Senate’s Embarrassing Budget Spectacle
    April 18, 2012 - WASHINGTON – In response to the Senate Budget Committee’s refusal to mark up and vote on a budget, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan issued the following statement: “I am disappointed to learn that Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad will not follow through on his commitment to adva... More
  • Paul Ryan: A budget that trusts the American people
    March 29, 2012 - CLICK TO WATCH Mr. Chairman, we are bearing witness to history this week. Across the street, we are witnessing what could be the end of bureaucrat-controlled health care. What we are on the verge of witnessing is a powerful reaffirmation of the American idea. And we are finally having the debate we... More
  • House Budget Committee Votes To Advance FY2013 Path to Prosperity
    March 21, 2012 - WASHINGTON – Moments ago, the House Budget Committee advanced a Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 budget resolution that cuts government spending, repairs the safety net, and lifts the crushing burden of debt. The FY2013 budget resolution is expected to be considered on the House floor next week. Following pass... More