Exclusive: Paul Ryan expects Foxconn to build at more than one Wisconsin location
MUKWONAGO -- House Speaker Paul Ryan says he expects Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn to build facilities at more than one location in Wisconsin."What we are getting from Foxconn is that they are committing to Wisconsin," Ryan said during a wide-ranging one-on-one interview with FOX6 News. "We do anticipate that there’s going to be more than just this one location in the Racine-Kenosha area."
Paul Ryan hears from frustrated GOP voters in Wisconsin, says he understands
MUKWONAGO -- House Speaker Paul Ryan got an earful from frustrated Republican voters during a business tour in his district on Wednesday, August 2nd, and said he was frustrated, too.Ryan typically gets friendly questions at closed-door, employee town halls in southern Wisconsin.
"It's going to change the way of life here:" Foxconn may build new campus in Town of Paris
TOWN OF PARIS -- Foxconn may be eyeing more than just Racine and Kenosha counties.
Paul Ryan tells MillerCoors execs he wants to lower U.S. corporate taxes by year's end
MILWAUKEE -- House Speaker Paul Ryan visited MillerCoors in Milwaukee on Monday, July 24th to advocate for his proposed tax changes, which he says will help the brewery and other U.S. companies.
Senate GOP gets new pressure from Pres. Trump on health care: "Last chance to do the right thing"
WASHINGTON — A peeved President Donald Trump tweaked Republican opponents of his party's reeling health care bill Monday, July 24th, saying this week's planned faceoff vote is their "last chance to do the right thing" and erase his predecessor's signature overhaul.President Trump's prodding of balking GOP senators came a day before leaders planned a pivotal vote that seemed likely to go badly for the party.
Speaker Paul Ryan says special counsel Mueller is not 'biased partisan'
MILWAUKEE — House Speaker Paul Ryan says special counsel Robert Mueller is not a biased partisan, even as President Donald Trump has decried the investigation into ties between his campaign and Russia as a witch hunt.Ryan commented Monday during an interview on the "Jay Weber Show" on WISN-AM in Milwaukee.Ryan says the facts uncovered through the Mueller and congressional investigations will "vindicate themselves." And he says there's no question that Mueller is a Republican, noting that he was first appointed FBI director under Republican President George W.
Speaker Ryan pitches tax reform at shoe factory as protesters gather
32721256LAWRENCE, Massachusetts — House Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday, July 20th pitched Republican plans for overhauling the nation's tax code at a shoe factory, as demonstrators outside protested the GOP agenda of scrapping former President Barack Obama's health care law and tax cuts.Ryan traveled to this heavily Democratic state to promote one of President Donald Trump's top priorities, as congressional Republicans struggle to advance key parts of the president's agenda.Ryan delivered a stinging indictment of the current tax code, calling it inefficient, unfair and too complicated.
Police: Republican Paul Nehlen deliberately delayed investigation into ballot selfie
MILWAUKEE -- House Speaker Paul Ryan's Republican challenger deliberately delayed an investigation into a ballot selfie he took on election day in August 2016, Town of Delavan police say.
Ryan says Foxconn could locate in Janesville
MADISON — House Speaker Paul Ryan says his hometown of Janesville "still could be" in the running for a new manufacturing plant by electronics manufacturer Foxconn.Ryan was asked Friday about comments by the Janesville city manager that the city was out of the running because there wouldn't be enough workers.
House Speaker Paul Ryan: North Korea is number one foreign policy issue
OAK CREEK -- House Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday, July 6th called North Korea his top foreign policy concern and tried to calm fears about the Republican health care bill during two invite-only events in his Wisconsin congressional district.During an employee town hall at WPC Technologies in Oak Creek, Ryan said the United States cannot accept North Korea having a nuclear weapon that they can deliver on a long-range missile, like the intercontinental ballistic missile the country launched on the Fourth of July."It's quite frankly my number one foreign policy concern at the moment," Ryan said. "We, along with the Japanese and the Koreans are working on this problem, but the Chinese can do a lot more to help us with our North Korea problem because it is the world's problem if North Korea gets deliverable nuclear weapons."
"I don't have specifics:" Speaker Ryan challenger seemingly stumped by question on North Korea
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- One of House Speaker Paul Ryan's challengers was stumped by a question on North Korea.During a live interview on CNN Wednesday, July 5th, a host asked Democrat Randy Bryce of Caledonia what the Trump administration should do after North Korea's missile launch."I don't have specifics.
Re-election battles ahead: Wisconsin voters split on both Walker, Baldwin
MILWAUKEE -- Wisconsin voters are evenly split in their opinions of three Badger State politicians who face re-election next year: Gov.
Facing defections, Senate GOP leaders delay health care vote
WASHINGTON — In a bruising setback, Senate Republican leaders are delaying a vote on their prized health care bill until after the July 4 recess, forced to retreat by a GOP rebellion that left them lacking enough votes to even begin debating the legislation, two sources said Tuesday.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., delivered the message to GOP senators at a private lunch also attended by Vice President Mike Pence and White House chief of staff Reince Priebus.
Janesville School Board member Cathy Myers joins race against Ryan
JANESVILLE — Janesville School Board member Cathy Myers has become the third Democrat running to unseat Republican U.S. Rep.
Ohio political activist, "one of the original voices of the resistance" to challenge Paul Ryan
MADISON — A Democratic political activist from Ohio has moved to Wisconsin to run against House Speaker Paul Ryan.David Yankovich announced Tuesday, May 30th that he would challenge the Republican Ryan next year.
"Very confident:" House Speaker Paul Ryan promises tax overhaul this year despite chaos
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan insisted on Thursday, May 18th that Congress will overhaul the U.S. tax system this year despite the chaos consuming Washington and the political divisions in Congress."I feel very confident we can meet this goal," Ryan, R-Wis., told reporters.Ryan was bolstered by skittish business leaders who began an aggressive lobbying effort to ensure that their vision for a tax overhaul isn't lost in the daily distractions of President Donald Trump's administration.The conservative Koch brothers' political network announced it is preparing to spend millions of dollars toward that end.
Speaker Ryan: "It is appropriate for House Oversight Committee to request (Comey) memo"
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- House Speaker Paul Ryan is supporting a powerful fellow Republican lawmaker’s request for former FBI Director James Comey’s memo regarding President Donald Trump’s efforts to have a federal investigation shut down.“We need to have all the facts, and it is appropriate for the House Oversight Committee to request this memo,” said AshLee Strong, a spokeswoman for Ryan.Several national news outlets have reported on the memo, which allegedly shows President Donald Trump asking Comey to quash an investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
Speaker Paul Ryan makes 2 stops in Wisconsin, sidesteps questions about James Comey
DELAVAN -- During a stop in his congressional district Friday, House Speaker Paul Ryan sidestepped questions about President Donald Trump's tweets or the firing of FBI Director James Comey."I’ve decided I’m not going to comment on the tweets of the day, or of the hour," Ryan said.President Trump tweeted earlier Friday that Comey, whom he fired earlier this week, "better hope that there are no 'tapes' of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press." Democrats criticized the tweet as an obvious threat to the former FBI director, and many questioned whether the president is recording his Oval Office conversations.Ryan told reporters during a news conference at Prestige Paints in Delavan that President Trump had the right to fire Comey.Ryan said the president has never asked him for a loyalty pledge -- as the president reported asked Comey for, and Comey declined -- and said he's never given thought to whether his own conversations with President Trump are recorded.Congressional and FBI investigations into possible ties between Russia and the president's 2016 campaign will continue, Ryan said."There have been no allegations that there has been collusion," Ryan said. "But, as I said to you a minute earlier, let these investigations go where the facts may lead."