[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10201]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      ROADMAP FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE

  (Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, today I am introducing a roadmap 
for America's future, legislation to transform our Federal Government, 
to reform the Nation's health care entitlements, Social Security, and 
the Federal Tax Code. My legislation does three things: It fulfills the 
mission of health and retirement security for all Americans by making 
Medicare, Social Security, Medicaid permanently solvent. Second, it 
lifts the massive debt burden off of future generations. Third, it 
promotes solid, sustained economic growth and job creation, and puts 
the U.S. in a position to lead, not merely to survive in the global 
marketplace.
  This is a real plan, with real proposals, with real numbers to back 
them up, and real legislation to implement it. I recognize that this is 
an ambitious proposal. Not everyone's going to agree with every part of 
it. That is fine. These problems are not Democratic problems and they 
are not Republican problems, and neither are the solutions.
  We need to build bipartisan support for action in Congress. If 
nothing else, it is my sincere hope that this will spur Congress to 
move beyond simply rehashing the problem, to debating and implementing 
actual solutions for the American people.

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