Former U.S. Representative

Paul D. RyanNo longer serving

District WI‑1 Party Republican In office 1999–2019

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Bills introduced

As sponsor, from the 107th Congress

Became law

Of the bills they introduced

Cosponsored

915

Signed on to someone else's bill

Recorded votes

11,069

Roll calls tied to a bill

Floor speeches

540

In the Congressional Record, from 2001

87 bills introduced

Across 9 Congresses, most in the 109th at 17. In the 115th, 3 — 15 fewer than the median representative, who filed 18. Volume is not influence: the great majority of bills, from every member, never get a vote.

Bills introduced, against the typical representative 107th to 115th

median for the chamber, that Congress

Biography

A Representative from Wisconsin. Born in Janesville, Rock County, Wis. , January 29, 1970. Graduated from Joseph A. Craig High School, Janesville, Wis. , 1988. B. A. , Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1992. Construction business. Staff, United States Senator Robert Walter Kasten, Jr. , of Wisconsin, 1992. Staff assistant, Empower America, 1993-1995. Staff, United States Representative Sam Dale Brownback of Kansas, 1995-1996. Staff, United States Senator Sam Dale Brownback of Kansas, 1996-1997. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Sixth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1999-January 3, 2019). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress in 2018. Chair, Committee on the Budget (One Hundred Twelfth and One Hundred Thirteenth Congresses). Chair, Committee on Ways and Means (One Hundred Fourteenth Congress). Chair, Joint Committee on Taxation (One Hundred Fourteenth Congress). Unsuccessful Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States in 2012. Speaker of the House (One Hundred Fourteenth and One Hundred Fifteenth Congresses).

Focus

Drawn from the 87 bills this member introduced: the subjects the record assigns them, and the members who most often sign on.

Subjects

Bills carry several subjects each, so these add up to more than 87.

Most frequent cosponsors

Times each has cosponsored a bill this member introduced.

Record

Every recorded vote, bill and floor speech, newest first.

Search these bills

Congress

Recorded votes tied to a bill, including procedural motions on it such as cloture. Votes on nominations are not listed.

Bill	Question	Voted	Date
HR 695	On Motion to Concur in the Senate Adt to the House Adt to the Senate Adt with Adt	Yea	Dec 20, 2018
HRES 1176	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Aye	Dec 12, 2018
HR 6760	On Passage	Yea	Sep 28, 2018
HR 6136	On Passage	Aye	Jun 27, 2018
HR 2	On Passage	Yea	Jun 21, 2018
HR 2	On Passage	Nay	May 18, 2018
HR 1625	On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment with an Amendment	Yea	Mar 22, 2018
HRES 796	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Aye	Mar 22, 2018

Bill	Title	Status	Latest action
HR 4174	Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018	Became Public Law No: 115-435.	Jan 14, 2019
HRES 397	Solemnly reaffirming the commitment of the United States to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's principle of collective defense as enumerated in Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty.	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.	Jun 27, 2017
HR 9	Reserved for the Speaker.	Introduced in House	Jan 3, 2017
HRES 639	Authorizing the Speaker to appear as amicus curiae on behalf of the House of Representatives in the matter of United States, et al. v. Texas, et al., No. 15-674.	NOTIFICATION OF FILING - Pursuant to H.Res. 639, the Chair announced that an amicus brief was filed on April 4, 2016 in the United States Supreme Court in the matter of United States v. Texas.	Apr 18, 2016
HR 1831	Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act of 2016	Became Public Law No: 114-140.	Mar 30, 2016
HR 3291	Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	Aug 12, 2015
HR 3038	Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 157.	Jul 21, 2015
HR 2688	To block any action from being taken to finalize or give effect to a certain proposed rule governing the Federal child support enforcement program.	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	Jun 9, 2015

Bill	Title	Status	Signed on
HR 4315	To amend the Acts popularly known as the Duck Stamp Act and the Wetland Loan Act to reauthorize appropriations to promote the conservation of migratory waterfowl and to offset or prevent the serious loss of important wetlands and other waterfowl habitat essential to the preservation of such waterfowl, and for other purposes.	Subcommittee Hearings Held.	Feb 15, 2006
HR 4740	Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2006	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.	Feb 14, 2006
HR 3111	Employee Stock Ownership Plan Promotion and Improvement Act of 2005	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	Feb 14, 2006
HR 552	Right to Life Act	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.	Feb 8, 2006
HR 1642	Obligation of Funds Transparency Act of 2005	Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	Jan 31, 2006
HRES 662	Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that general appropriation bills contain a separate list of all earmarks in the accompanying report and the name of the sponsoring Member of each such earmark.	Referred to the House Committee on Rules.	Jan 3, 2006
HR 4625	Health Care Freedom of Choice Act	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	Dec 17, 2005
HR 4546	Congressional Pension Accountability Act	Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	Dec 14, 2005

Sections of the Congressional Record in which this member spoke or entered a written statement, as the Government Publishing Office tags them; floor business such as amendment texts is left out. Each links to the official Record.

Date	Record section	Where
Dec 17, 2018	Tribute to Thomas G. Hungar	Written statement
Dec 6, 2018	H. Res. 1161, Relating to the Administration of the Oath to the Member Elect from the 13th District of Michigan	Written statement
Nov 29, 2018	Thanking the People of Wisconsin's First District	House floor
Oct 2, 2018	Honoring Kristene Blake	Written statement
Sep 28, 2018	Substance Use-Disorder Prevention That Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act	House floor
Sep 20, 2018	Honoring Molly Edwards	Written statement
Sep 7, 2018	Honoring Seton Gardner	Written statement
Jul 26, 2018	Honoring Will Miller	Written statement

Committees

Current committees first, each with its role and years, and the subcommittees held now beneath it. Full history opens every role with its date and official record, and earlier subcommittee seats.

Earlier committees

Ways and Means CommitteeChair2001–2015

Full history

Committee	Role	Served	Record
Ways and Means Committee	Chair	Jan 6, 2015 to Oct 29, 2015	H.Res. 6 · Congressional Record, H7340
	Member	Jan 6, 2001 to Jan 3, 2015	H.Res. 19 · End of the 113th Congress
Trade	Member	Listed Sep 2014 to Sep 2014	Hearing, Sep 2014
Health	Member	Listed Mar 2009 to Jul 2014	Hearing, Mar 2009
Trade	Member	Listed Feb 2013 to Feb 2013	Hearing, Feb 2013
Oversight	Member	Listed Oct 2009 to Apr 2011	Congressional Directory, Dec 2009
Social Security	Member	Listed Feb 2001 to Sep 2008	Hearing, Feb 2001
Select Revenue Measures	Member	Listed Mar 2007 to Jun 2008	Hearing, Mar 2007
Select Revenue Measures	Member	Listed May 2001 to Sep 2004	Hearing, May 2001
Oversight	Member	Listed Feb 2003 to Jul 2004	Hearing, Feb 2003

Budget CommitteeChair2005–2015

Full history

Committee	Role	Served	Record
Budget Committee	Chair	Jan 5, 2011 to Jan 3, 2015	H.Res. 6 · End of the 113th Congress
	Ranking Member	Jan 4, 2007 to Jan 3, 2011	H.Res. 8 · End of the 111th Congress
	Member	Jan 26, 2005 to Jan 3, 2007	H.Res. 48 · End of the 109th Congress

Joint Economic CommitteeMember2001–2007

Office spending

What this member's House office spent each year from its allowance, including interns, from the House's quarterly Statement of Disbursements. Beside it, the typical office: the median across every member that year.

Year	Total	Staff pay	Travel	Rent and utilities	Mail	Printing	Other	Typical office
2018	$1.3 million	$1.1 million	$35,105	$83,052	$3,238	$1,658	$44,384	$1.3 million
2017	$1.2 million	$966,256	$37,168	$89,309	$37,102	$32,048	$64,140	$1.3 million
2016	$1.2 million	$860,063	$42,858	$97,229	$42,739	$30,679	$82,081	$1.2 million

Years run from January 3. Bills for a year are often paid early the next year, so a recent year can still grow. Staff pay is the office's total; individual salaries are not shown here.

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Party, state and chamber are those of this member's most recent term. Bills and cosponsorships are held from the 107th Congress onwards and recorded votes from the 101st, so a member who served before those points will show fewer than they filed, or none. Committee service is held from the 107th Congress onwards, dated from the House and Senate resolutions and Congressional Record notices that seat and remove members. Subcommittee assignments are made inside each committee and carry no official date, so a subcommittee seat is shown from the first to the last printed hearing, Congressional Directory edition or official roster that lists the member. Vote counts cover roll calls tied to a bill; the chambers also vote on procedure and nominations, which are not listed here. Office, telephone and website are not shown for a member who has left, because the ones on file were theirs while serving. Records come from Congress.gov and the Biographical Directory of Congress.