Quotations From Chairman Ryan

Yesterday The American Spectator and Americans for Tax Reform hosted a breakfast with Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), chairman of the House Budget Committee, and the Republican point man on budget reform. The gathering was moderated by TAS's publisher, Al Regnery.

Representing one of the most Democratic and unionized district in the country, located in southeastern Wisconsin, Chairman Ryan is serving his seventh term. He is unique in being the only elected official, the President included, to offer a comprehensive reform of entitlements, health care and taxation, sans tax increases, in the form of "A Roadmap for America's Future."

"We are headed for a fiscal cliff," stated the Congressman, starkly, in his opening remarks. "Everyone in town recognizes we have a debt crisis except the President," who is promoting tax increases based on the faulty assumption that the problem is insufficient revenue rather than excess spending.