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Paul Davis Ryan born January 29, is an American politician who served as the 54th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from to Ryan is a native of Janesville, Wisconsin , and graduated from Miami University in He spent five years working for Congress in Washington, D. He was elected to Congress to represent Wisconsin's 1st congressional district the following year, replacing Mark Neumann , who had vacated the seat to run for U.

Ryan went on to represent the district for 20 years. A self-proclaimed deficit hawk , Ryan was a major proponent of Social Security privatization in the mids. During the s, two proposals heavily influenced by Ryan—" The Path to Prosperity " and " A Better Way "—became part of the national dialogue advocating for the privatization of Medicare , the conversion of Medicaid into a block grant program, the repeal of the Affordable Care Act , and significant federal tax cuts.

Ryan declined to run for re-election in the midterm elections. His father was of Irish ancestry and his mother of German and English descent. Ryan and Sons and is now known as Ryan Incorporated Central. Ryan attended St.