This is what I mean when I say being an effective opposition party. I think being an effective opposition party means being honest with people upfront about what it is we can and cannot achieve, but we also have to push issues where we can push issues, we have to speak truth to power.

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In Pennsylvania, 38 percent of Pennsylvania seniors chose to get their Medicare from a plan called Medicare Advantage. It's their choice. Forty-seven percent of them are going to lose it under 'Obamacare' according to Medicare by 2017.

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The secret to understanding me is, I'm not trying to be anybody other than who I actually am. People want candid, refreshing leadership. And I've always tried to go with solutions. You know, I've always tried to say, here's how we get our economy growing, here's why we get our debt under control. That's what Mitt Romney is offering.

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The rate of return on Social Security for people nearing retirement is about 1.5 percent. By the time young children like mine are ready to retire, that rate of return will be a negative percentage.

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The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand. The fight we are in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight of individualism versus collectivism.

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Throughout human history, the American Idea has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed.

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Free enterprise empowers entrepreneurs who have ideas and imagination, investors who take risks, and workers who hone their skills and offer their labor.

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

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Donald Trump turned politics on its head. by Paul Ryan

Donald Trump turned politics on its head.

If we didn't propose these reforms, we would not have proposed a budget that got the debt under control.

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The moral case for individual initiative in a free economy holds that people have a God-given right to use their creativity to produce things that improve our lives.

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The President didn't offer any clarity in his latest speech about what he would do to tackle our nation's debt before it tackles us and it's still not clear how he'll keep Medicare from going bankrupt. One thing is clear though, Barack Obama isn't interested in governing or putting forward solutions to fix our nation's problems.

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I think Donald Trump understands there's a Constitution. And that those separate but equal branches of government give us a limited government. And he believes that.

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We must promote upward mobility, starting with solutions that speak to our broken education system, broken immigration policy, and broken safety-net programs that foster dependency instead of helping people get back on their feet.

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What I'm concerned about is endless borrowing, which is going to compromise our economy not only today but in the future. Because we know the decisions we make right now really dramatically impact us in the future, and the debt is literally getting out of our control.

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Look, the president is elected to lead and to face the country's biggest challenges. The country's biggest challenge domestically speaking, no doubt about it, is a debt crisis, and I'm really hoping that he is going to give us a budget that tackles this debt crisis.

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Let's move forward and fix America's problems. by Paul Ryan

Let's move forward and fix America's problems.

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I never asked for stimulus. by Paul Ryan

I never asked for stimulus.

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I don't have the time. It would take me too long to go through al... by Paul Ryan

I don't have the time. It would take me too long to go through all of the math.

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I'm very proud of my pro-life record, and I've always adopted the idea that, the position that the method of conception doesn't change the definition of life.

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You have to remember, eight out of 10 businesses in America, they file their business as individuals, as people.

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