CONGRESSIONAL CORNER WITH CONGRESSMAN PAUL RYAN

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March 03, 2010

Congressman Ryan's Address to the Health Care Summit

Congressman Paul Ryan at Health Care Summit

Congressman Paul Ryan faced down the ObamaCare fraud at Thursday’s summit, spelling out in six laser-focused minutes just why and how the numbers don’t work and never will. (view video)

He has been credited by the media for using facts and figures rather than partisan rhetoric to make the case for conservatives. Their praise is on the mark and well-deserved. While Ryan was diplomatic and reasoned in his dissection of Obama Care, he did include a few poignant phrases such as “cynical gimmick,” and “a Ponzi scheme that would make Bernie Madoff proud.” And he directly addressed the President, saying the American people are engaged in the issue and “if you think they want a government takeover of health care I would respectfully submit you’re not listening to them.”

The administration tried desperately to paint a bogus picture of everyone agreeing on what needs to be done with health care, in the hope of writing off all objections to Obama's plan as pure partisan obstruction.

Ryan demolished that phony pretense by delivering his analysis with conviction and a clarity that any open-minded person could understand.

Wisconsin’s own Paul Ryan is truly a national asset.