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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Caucuses/Former Committees

Member, Community Solutions and Initiatives Coalition

Former Co-Chair, Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus

Chair, Joint Committee on Taxation, United States Congress, 2015-2017

Chair, Ways and Means Committee, United States House of Representatives, 2015

Education

  • BA, Economics, Miami University, Ohio, 1992
  • BA, Political Science, Miami University, Ohio, 1992

Professional Experience

  • BA, Economics, Miami University, Ohio, 1992
  • BA, Political Science, Miami University, Ohio, 1992
  • Analyst, Economic Policy
  • Former Speechwriter, Jack Kemp Vice Presidential Campaign
  • Former Speechwriter, Office of the Director of National Drug Control Policy
  • Former President, Ryan Incorporated
  • Marketing Consultant, Ryan Incorporated Central, 1997-1998
  • Legislative Director, United States Senator Sam Brownback, 1995-1997
  • Staff Assistant, Empower America, 1993-1995
  • Legislative Aide, United States Senator Robert Kasten of Wisconsin, 1992

Political Experience

  • BA, Economics, Miami University, Ohio, 1992
  • BA, Political Science, Miami University, Ohio, 1992
  • Analyst, Economic Policy
  • Former Speechwriter, Jack Kemp Vice Presidential Campaign
  • Former Speechwriter, Office of the Director of National Drug Control Policy
  • Former President, Ryan Incorporated
  • Marketing Consultant, Ryan Incorporated Central, 1997-1998
  • Legislative Director, United States Senator Sam Brownback, 1995-1997
  • Staff Assistant, Empower America, 1993-1995
  • Legislative Aide, United States Senator Robert Kasten of Wisconsin, 1992
  • Representative, United States House of Representative, District 1, 1998-2018
  • Speaker, United States House of Representatives, 2015-2018
  • Candidate, United States Vice President, 2012

Former Committees/Caucuses

Member, Community Solutions and Initiatives Coalition

Former Co-Chair, Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus

Chair, Joint Committee on Taxation, United States Congress, 2015-2017

Chair, Ways and Means Committee, United States House of Representatives, 2015

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • BA, Economics, Miami University, Ohio, 1992
  • BA, Political Science, Miami University, Ohio, 1992
  • Analyst, Economic Policy
  • Former Speechwriter, Jack Kemp Vice Presidential Campaign
  • Former Speechwriter, Office of the Director of National Drug Control Policy
  • Former President, Ryan Incorporated
  • Marketing Consultant, Ryan Incorporated Central, 1997-1998
  • Legislative Director, United States Senator Sam Brownback, 1995-1997
  • Staff Assistant, Empower America, 1993-1995
  • Legislative Aide, United States Senator Robert Kasten of Wisconsin, 1992
  • Representative, United States House of Representative, District 1, 1998-2018
  • Speaker, United States House of Representatives, 2015-2018
  • Candidate, United States Vice President, 2012
  • Member, Ducks Unlimited, present
  • Member, Saint John Vianney’s Parish, present
  • Member, Janesville Bowmen, Incorporated
  • Board Member, Rock County Junior Achievement
  • Member, Saint Mary's Parish

Other Info

Astrological Sign:

Aquarius

  • Paul Sr.

Favorite Book:

Mere Christianity & The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis, Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand, The Road to Serfdom - F.A. Hayek, The Way the World Works - Jude Wanniski

Favorite Movie:

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly; Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Favorite Musician:

Led Zeppelin, Grateful Dead, Metallica, Beethoven, Hank Williams, Jr, Rage Against the Machine

Favorite Quote:

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

- Theodore Roosevelt

Favorite TV Shows:

The Prisoner, Monty Python's Flying Circus

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Mountain Biking, Catfish Noodling, Bow Hunting, Fishing, Skiing, Reading, Mountain Climbing

  • Betty Ryan

Priority Issues:

Since I have entered Congress, I have been fighting to make Social Security & Medicare solvent & financially sound for future generations, while protecting current seniors' benefits. As a member of the House Ways & Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over revenue matters, I have helped deliver significant tax relief to spur economic growth & create jobs. I also serve on the House Budget Committee & the Joint Economic Committee.'

Reason for Seeking Public Office:

I wanted to address the many important issues affecting Wisconsin residents and to serve as an affective advocate for the First Congressional District.''

Policy Positions

2021

Abortion

Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-life

Budget

In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No

Crime

Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders?
- No

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

2. Do you support lowering taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

Education

Do you generally support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- No

Energy

1. Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline?
- Yes

2. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes

Environment

Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- No

Guns

Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No

Health Care

Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes

Immigration

Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Yes

Marriage

Do you support same-sex marriage?
- No

National Security

Do you support increased American intervention in Iraq and Syria beyond air support?
- Yes

Social Security

Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts?
- Yes

Congress Bills
Speeches