Paul Ryan

My state, Scott Walker, our governors, reformed Medicaid so it actually works, so that the doctors will take the program.

— Paul Ryan

We don’t want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people to lives of dependency and complacency...

— Paul Ryan

All we have heard from this president and his team are attacks on anyone who dares to point out the obvious. They…

— Paul Ryan

Every successful individual knows that his or her achievement depends on a community of persons working together.

— Paul Ryan

While President Obama shirks his responsibility to advance solutions to our fiscal challenges, he can no longer hide from the merciless math…

— Paul Ryan

By failing seriously to confront the most predicable economic crisis in our nation's history, the President's policies are committing us and our…

— Paul Ryan

Health and Human Services has an enormous amount of discretion that they have so far used to make it harder to get…

— Paul Ryan

We believe, as our founders did, that 'the pursuit of happiness' depends upon individual liberty; and individual liberty requires limited government.

— Paul Ryan

My Dad, a small-town lawyer, was also named Paul. Until we lost him when I was 16, he was a gentle presence…

— Paul Ryan

I spent more time talking with this president [Donald Trump] in the last few days, I think, than I probably talked with…

— Paul Ryan

We have got to go and compete for the minds and the hearts and the votes of everybody in this country, no…

— Paul Ryan

Here's the problem with the tax code. You send your money to Washington and then a few have a special carve out…

— Paul Ryan

We have a real economic growth problem in America. We are limping along. Wages are flat. And jobs aren’t being created near…

— Paul Ryan

I think [Donald Trump] does understand that. We talked a great deal about the separation on power and the constitution. And we're…

— Paul Ryan

This is a government takeover of our healthcare system. It is the government basically running the entire healthcare system, turning large insurers…

— Paul Ryan

And when you look at the twentieth-century experiment with collectivism-that Ayn Rand, more than anybody else, did such a good job of…

— Paul Ryan

I think you can walk and chew gum at the same time. I think you can oppose the president on some issue…

— Paul Ryan

Every now and then, President Obama sorta drops his veil. He's less coy about his philosophy, he sort of reveals his true…

— Paul Ryan

We do not have a functioning market in the true sense of the word in health care. That's a layer of transparency…

— Paul Ryan

There is relief coming. This is good for America. This means that we can lift the oppressive weight of the regulatory state.…

— Paul Ryan

Donald Trump is going to be an unconventional president. I really think we have a great opportunity in front of us to…

— Paul Ryan

We don't want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people into complacency and dependence.

— Paul Ryan

Activist government overreach and ongoing economic stagnation have shown us why Washington should not try to displace what is best left to…

— Paul Ryan

Exploiting people's emotions of fear, envy and anxiety is not hope, it's not change, it's partisanship. We don't need partisanship. We don't…

— Paul Ryan

When Governor Romney asked me to join the ticket, I said, 'Let's get this done' - and that is exactly, what we're…

— Paul Ryan

Look, only in Washington is not raising taxes considered a tax cut. Nobody's getting a tax cut here. We're not cutting taxes.…

— Paul Ryan

On behalf of every Republican and every Democrat in Congress, on behalf of the whole House, I want our friends in the…

— Paul Ryan

The appointment of a special counsel, I think, helps assure people and the Justice Department that they are going to go do…

— Paul Ryan

So here's the question: Without a change in leadership, why would the next four years be any different from the last four…

— Paul Ryan

We can't keep measuring success by how much money are we throw at programs. We have to measure success as, 'Is it…

— Paul Ryan

What did the taxpayers get out of the Obama stimulus? More debt. That money wasn't just spent and wasted - it was…

— Paul Ryan

I grew up reading Ayn Rand and it taught me quite a bit about who I am and what my value systems…

— Paul Ryan

Our founders got it right when they wrote in the Declaration of Independence that our rights come from nature and nature's God,…

— Paul Ryan

Our tax plan by the way shows the vast, vast majority of Americans, upwards of 96 percent can fill out their taxes…

— Paul Ryan

Going on and getting good bilateral agreement is a better way [than Trans-Pacific Partnership agreements], and I'm fine with that strategy. I…

— Paul Ryan

After four years of getting the run-around, America needs a turnaround, and the man for the job is Governor Mitt Romney.

— Paul Ryan

We wonder if we will be the first generation in American history to leave our children with fewer opportunities and a less…

— Paul Ryan

I know President Obama and Secretary Clinton are committed to bringing America together. This needs to be a time of redemption, not…

— Paul Ryan

Class is not a fixed designation in this country. We are an upwardly mobile society with a lot of movement between income…

— Paul Ryan

A free economy and strong communities honor the dignity of every person, rewarding effort with justice, promoting upward mobility, and building solidarity…

— Paul Ryan