MITT ROMNEY &
PAUL RYAN:
AMERICA’S
COMEBACK TEAM
Boston, MA –
Mitt Romney
today announced
Wisconsin
Representative
Paul Ryan as his
Vice
Presidential
running mate.
Below is
Congressman
Ryan’s
biography:
U.S. Rep. Paul
Ryan is in his
seventh term in
Congress
representing
Wisconsin’s
First
Congressional
District. He is
Chairman of the
House Budget
Committee, where
he has worked
tirelessly
leading the
effort to reign
in federal
spending and
increase
accountability
to taxpayers. He
also serves on
the House Ways
and Means
Committee, where
he has focused
on simplifying
the tax code and
making health
care more
affordable and
accessible.
In January 2010,
Ryan gained
attention
nationwide after
unveiling his
“Roadmap for
America’s
Future,” a
proposal to
eliminate the
federal deficit,
reform the tax
code, and
preserve
entitlements for
future
generations.
Representative
Ryan was born in
Janesville,
Wisconsin on
January 29,
1970. A
fifth-generation
Wisconsin
native, Ryan was
the youngest of
four children
born to Paul
Ryan Sr., who
worked as an
attorney, and
Betty, a
stay-at-home
mom.
In April 2000,
Ryan proposed to
Janna Little, a
native
Oklahoman, at
one of his
favorite fishing
spots, Big St.
Germain Lake in
Wisconsin. Later
that year, the
two were married
in Oklahoma
City.
The Ryans reside
in Janesville
with their three
children, Liza,
Charlie and Sam.
The family are
parishioners at
St. John Vianney
Catholic Church.
Upon entering
Congress in
January of 1999,
Ryan was the
youngest member
of the freshmen
class at the age
of 28. Prior to
running for
Congress, Ryan
served as an
aide to
Republican
Senators Robert
Kasten Jr. and
Sam Brownback,
former U.S. Rep.
and Vice
Presidential
Candidate Jack
Kemp, and as a
speechwriter for
Education
Secretary
William Bennett.
Ryan is a
graduate of
Joseph A. Craig
High School in
Janesville and
earned degrees
in economics and
political
science from
Miami University
in Ohio. He is
an avid
outdoorsman and
is a member is
of his local
archery
association, the
Janesville
Bowmen.
MITT ROMNEY
DELIVERS REMARKS
IN NORFOLK,
VIRGINIA
Boston, MA –
Mitt Romney
today delivered
the following
remarks in
Norfolk,
Virginia after
he selected Paul
Ryan to be his
Vice
Presidential
running mate:
Ladies and
gentlemen:
It’s great to be
back in Virginia
and here in
Norfolk. Your
city's beauty is
only matched by
its proud
heritage as a
defender of
freedom. Today
we take another
step forward in
helping restore
the promise of
America. As we
move forward in
this campaign
and on to help
lead the nation
to better days,
it is an honor
to announce my
running mate and
the next Vice
President of the
United States:
Paul Ryan.
Paul Ryan is a
leader.
His leadership
begins with
character and
values. And Paul
is a man of
tremendous
character,
shaped in large
part by his
early life.
Paul’s father
died when he was
in high school.
That forced him
to grow up
earlier than any
young man
should. But Paul
did, with the
help of his
devoted mother,
his brothers and
sister, and a
supportive
community. And
as he did, he
internalized the
virtues and
hard-working
ethic of the
Midwest.
Paul Ryan works
in Washington –
but his beliefs
remain firmly
rooted in
Janesville,
Wisconsin. He is
a person of
great
steadiness,
whose integrity
is unquestioned
and whose word
is good.
Paul’s
upbringing is
obvious in how
he has conducted
himself
throughout his
life, including
his leadership
in Washington.
In a city that
is far too often
characterized by
pettiness and
personal
attacks, Paul
Ryan is a
shining
exception. He
does not
demonize his
opponents. He
understands that
honorable people
can have honest
differences. And
he appeals to
the better
angels of our
nature. There
are a lot of
people in the
other party who
might disagree
with Paul Ryan;
I don’t know of
anyone who
doesn’t respect
his character
and judgment.
Paul is in
public life for
all the right
reasons – not to
advance his
personal
ambitions but to
advance the
ideals of
freedom and
justice; and to
increase
opportunity and
prosperity to
people of every
class and faith,
every age and
ethnic
background. A
faithful
Catholic, Paul
believes in the
worth and
dignity of every
human life.
With energy and
vision, Paul
Ryan has become
an intellectual
leader of the
Republican
Party. He
understands the
fiscal
challenges
facing America:
our exploding
deficits and
crushing debt –
and the fiscal
catastrophe that
awaits us if we
don’t change
course.
Paul Ryan
combines a
profound sense
of
responsibility
for what we owe
the next
generation with
an unbounded
optimism in
America’s future
and an
understanding of
all the
wonderful things
the American
people can do.
Paul also
combines firm
principles with
a practical
concern for
getting things
done. He has
never been
content to
simply curse the
darkness; he
would rather
light candles.
And throughout
his legislative
career he’s
shown the
ability to work
with members of
both parties to
find common
ground on some
of the hardest
issues
confronting the
American people.
Paul and I are
beginning on a
journey that
will take us to
every corner of
America. We are
offering a
positive,
governing agenda
that will lead
to economic
growth, to
widespread and
shared
prosperity, and
that will
improve the
lives of our
fellow citizens.
Our Plan to
Strengthen The
Middle Class
will get America
back to work and
get our country
back on track.
We offer
solutions that
are bold,
specific, and
achievable. We
offer our
commitment to
help create 12
million new jobs
and to bring
better take home
pay to middle
class families.
To strengthen
the middle
class, we will
provide our
workers and our
children with
the skills to
succeed. We’ll
cut the deficit,
have trade that
works for
America, and
champion small
business. And
finally, we will
unleash our
energy resources
to achieve North
American energy
independence.
We will help
care for those
who cannot care
for themselves,
and we will
return work to
welfare. As
poverty has
risen to
historic and
tragic levels,
with nearly one
out of six
Americans now
having fallen
into poverty, we
will act to
bring these
families into
the middle
class. Unlike
the current
president who
has cut Medicare
funding by $700
billion, we will
preserve and
protect Medicare
and Social
Security. Under
the current
president,
healthcare has
only become more
expensive. We
will reform
healthcare so
that more
Americans have
access to
affordable
healthcare, and
we will get that
started by
repealing and
replacing
Obamacare.
And at a time
when the
President's
campaign is
taking American
politics to new
lows, we are
going to do
things
differently. We
are going to
talk about
aspirations and
American ideals;
about bringing
people together
to solve the
urgent problems
facing our
nation. And when
that message
wins in America,
it will be a
victory for
every American.
Today is a good
day for America.
And there are
better days
ahead. Join me
in welcoming the
next Vice
President of the
United States -
Paul Ryan.
PAUL RYAN
DELIVERS REMARKS
IN NORFOLK,
VIRGINIA
Boston, MA –
Congressman Paul
Ryan today
delivered the
following
remarks in
Norfolk,
Virginia after
Mitt Romney
selected him to
be his Vice
Presidential
running mate:
Thank you
Governor Romney,
Ann. I am deeply
honored and
excited to join
you as your
running mate.
Mitt Romney is a
leader with the
skills, the
background and
the character
that our country
needs at a
crucial time in
its history.
Following four
years of failed
leadership, the
hopes of our
country, which
have inspired
the world, are
growing dim; and
they need
someone to
revive them.
Governor Romney
is the man for
this moment; and
he and I share
one commitment:
we will restore
the dreams and
greatness of
this country.
I want you to
meet my family.
My wife Janna,
our daughter
Liza, and our
sons, Charlie
and Sam.
I am surrounded
by the people I
love, and I have
been asked by
Governor Romney
to serve the
country I love.
Janesville,
Wisconsin is
where I was born
and raised, and
I never really
left it. It’s
our home now.
For the last 14
years, I have
proudly
represented
Wisconsin in
Congress. There,
I have focused
on solving the
problems that
confront our
country, and
turning ideas
into action; and
action into
solutions.
I am committed,
in heart and
mind, to putting
that experience
to work in a
Romney
Administration.
This is a
crucial moment
in the life of
our nation; and
it is absolutely
vital that we
select the right
man to lead
America back to
prosperity and
greatness.
That man is
standing next to
me. His name is
Mitt Romney. And
he will be the
next president
of the United
States
My dad died when
I was young. He
was a good and
decent man. I
still remember a
couple of things
he would say
that have really
stuck with me.
"Son you are
either part of
the problem or
part of the
solution."
Regrettably,
President Obama
has become part
of the
problem,...and
Mitt Romney is
the solution.
The other thing
my dad would say
is that every
generation of
Americans leaves
their children
better off.
That's the
American legacy.
Sadly, for the
first time in
our history, we
are on a path
which will undo
that legacy.
That is why we
need new
leadership to
become part of
the solution –
new leadership
to restore
prosperity,
economic growth,
and jobs.
It is our duty
to save the
American Dream
for our
children, and
theirs.
And I believe
there is no
person in
America who is
better prepared
– because of his
experience;
because of the
principles he
holds; and
because of his
achievements and
excellence in so
many different
arenas – to lead
America at this
point in its
history.
Let me say a
word about the
man Mitt Romney
will replace. No
one disputes
President Obama
inherited a
difficult
situation. And,
in his first 2
years, with his
party in
complete control
of Washington,
he passed nearly
every item on
his agenda. But
that didn’t make
things better.
In fact, we find
ourselves in a
nation facing
debt, doubt and
despair.
This is the
worst economic
recovery in 70
years.
Unemployment has
been above 8
percent for more
than three
years, the
longest run
since the Great
Depression.
Families are
hurting.
We have the
largest deficits
and the biggest
federal
government since
WWII.
Nearly 1 out of
6 Americans are
in poverty--the
worst rate in a
generation. Moms
and dads are
struggling to
make ends meet.
Household
incomes have
dropped by more
than $4,000 over
the past four
years.
Whatever the
explanations,
whatever the
excuses, this is
a record of
failure.
President Obama,
and too many
like him in
Washington, have
refused to make
difficult
decisions
because they are
more worried
about their next
election than
they are about
the next
generation. We
might have been
able to get away
with that
before, but not
now. We’re in a
different, and
dangerous,
moment. We're
running out of
time -- and we
can't afford 4
more years of
this.
Politicians from
both parties
have made empty
promises which
will soon become
broken
promises--with
painful
consequences--if
we fail to act
now.
I represent a
part of America
that includes
inner cities,
rural areas,
suburbs and
factory towns.
Over the years I
have seen and
heard from a lot
from families,
from those
running small
businesses, and
from people who
are in need. But
what I have
heard lately
troubles me the
most. There is
something
different in
their voice and
in their words.
What I hear from
them are
diminished
dreams, lowered
expectations,
uncertain
futures.
I hear some
people say that
this is just
"the new
normal." High
unemployment,
declining
incomes and
crushing debt is
not a new
normal. It's the
result of
misguided
policies. And
next January,
our economy will
begin a comeback
with the Romney
Plan for a
Stronger Middle
Class that will
lead to more
jobs and more
take home pay
for working
Americans.
America is on
the wrong track;
but Mitt Romney
and I will take
the right steps,
in the right
time, to get us
back on the
right track!
I believe my
record of
getting things
done in Congress
will be a very
helpful
complement to
Governor
Romney’s
executive and
private sector
success outside
Washington. I
have worked
closely with
Republicans as
well as
Democrats to
advance an
agenda of
economic growth,
fiscal
discipline, and
job creation.
I’m proud to
stand with a man
who understands
what it takes to
foster job
creation in our
economy, someone
who knows from
experience, that
if you have a
small
business—you did
build that.
At Bain Capital,
he launched new
businesses and
he turned around
failing ones –
companies like
Staples, Bright
Horizons and
Sports
Authority, just
to name a few.
Mitt Romney
created jobs and
showed he knows
how a free
economy works.
At the Olympics,
he took a
failing
enterprise and
made it the
pride of our
entire nation.
As governor of
Massachusetts,
he worked with
Democrats and
Republicans to
balance budgets
with no tax
increases, lower
unemployment,
increase income
and improve
people’s lives.
In all of these
things, Mitt
Romney has shown
himself to be a
man of
achievement,
excellence and
integrity.
Janna and I tell
Liza, Charlie
and Sam that
America is a
place where, if
you work hard
and play by the
rules, you can
get ahead.
We Americans
look at one
another's
success with
pride, not
resentment,
because we know,
as more
Americans work
hard, take
risks, and
succeed, more
people will
prosper, our
communities will
benefit, and
individual lives
will be improved
and uplifted.
But America is
more than just a
place...it's an
idea. It's the
only country
founded on an
idea. Our rights
come from nature
and God, not
government. We
promise equal
opportunity, not
equal outcomes.
This idea is
founded on the
principles of
liberty,
freedom, free
enterprise,
self-determination
and government
by consent of
the governed.
This idea is
under assault.
So, we have a
critical
decision to make
as a nation.
We are on an
unsustainable
path that is
robbing America
of our freedom
and security. It
doesn't have to
be this way.
The commitment
Mitt Romney and
I make to you is
this:
We won't duck
the tough
issues...we will
lead!
We won't blame
others...we will
take
responsibility!
We won't replace
our founding
principles...we
will reapply
them!
We will honor
you, our fellow
citizens, by
giving you the
right and
opportunity to
make the choice:
What kind of
country do we
want to have?
What kind of
people do we
want to be?
We can turn this
thing around.
Real solutions
can be
delivered. But,
it will take
leadership. And
the courage to
tell you the
truth.
Mitt Romney is
this kind of
leader. I'm
excited for what
lies ahead and
I'm thrilled to
be a part of
America's
Comeback Team.
And together, we
will unite
America and get
this done.
Thank you.
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President
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