Policy Positions
Climate(4)
Supports repealing the 'Big Ugly Bill' and reinstating clean energy tax credits to reduce utility costs.
"Repealing the Big Ugly Bill and reinstituting clean energy tax credits to help reduce utility costs and meet the energy needs of this moment"
Supports repealing the Big Ugly Bill and reinstating clean energy tax credits to reduce utility costs.
"Repealing the Big Ugly Bill and reinstituting clean energy tax credits to help reduce utility costs and meet the energy needs of this moment"
Supports fighting construction of AI data centers that would increase energy costs for local families or damage the environment.
"Fighting the construction of any AI data center built in or around PA-07 that would increase energy costs for Lehigh Valley families or damage the environment"
Opposes construction of AI data centers in or around PA-07 that would damage the environment or increase energy costs for local families.
"Fighting the construction of any AI data center built in or around PA-07 that would increase energy costs for Lehigh Valley families or damage the environment"
Economy(7)
Supports reducing the budget deficit by making the ultra-wealthy pay more in taxes and ensuring efficient use of taxpayer dollars.
"He would support reducing the budget deficit by making the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share in taxes and ensuring taxpayer dollars are used efficiently."
Supports reducing the federal budget deficit by making the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share in taxes and ensuring efficient use of taxpayer dollars.
"He would support reducing the budget deficit by making the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share in taxes and ensuring taxpayer dollars are used efficiently."
Supports a fairer tax system that makes the wealthiest Americans and biggest corporations pay their fair share, shifting the burden away from everyday Americans.
"Ryan believes the biggest corporations and the wealthiest Americans who have benefitted most from this economy and this country need to pay their fair share. That means a fairer tax system that rewards hard work, not accumulated wealth."
Supports requiring the biggest corporations to pay their fair share in taxes.
"Ryan believes the biggest corporations and the wealthiest Americans who have benefitted most from this economy and this country need to pay their fair share."
Supports making the biggest corporations pay their fair share in taxes, arguing they have benefited most from the economy.
"Ryan believes the biggest corporations and the wealthiest Americans who have benefitted most from this economy and this country need to pay their fair share."
Supports a fairer tax system that rewards hard work over accumulated wealth and ensures the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share.
"That means a fairer tax system that rewards hard work, not accumulated wealth."
Opposes large tax cuts for billionaires and wealthy donors that come at the expense of the middle class.
"giving their billionaire donors another massive tax cut at the expense of the middle class"
Education(5)
Supports reversing Trump Administration cuts to the Department of Education and federal education funding, and supports vocational and technical education.
"Supporting Lehigh Valley vocational and technical education options. Reversing the Trump Administration's crippling cuts to the Department of Education and federal education funding"
Supports incentivizing colleges to make tuition affordable by requiring them to assume a percentage of students' loan debt.
"Incentivizing colleges to make tuition affordable and ensure their students find work after graduation by requiring them to assume a percentage of their students' loan debt."
Opposes Trump Administration cuts to the Department of Education and supports reversing reductions in federal education funding.
"Reversing the Trump Administration's crippling cuts to the Department of Education and federal education funding"
Supports incentivizing colleges to make tuition affordable by requiring them to assume a percentage of students' loan debt.
"Incentivizing colleges to make tuition affordable and ensure their students find work after graduation by requiring them to assume a percentage of their students' loan debt."
Supports vocational and technical education options in the Lehigh Valley.
"Supporting Lehigh Valley vocational and technical education options."
Guns(6)
Supports universal background checks centralized using the FBI's criminal database and closing the gun show loophole.
"Universal background checks centralized using the FBI's criminal database, Closing the gun show loophole"
Supports universal background checks centralized using the FBI's criminal database and closing the gun show loophole.
"Universal background checks centralized using the FBI's criminal database, Closing the gun show loophole"
Supports limiting the availability of high capacity magazines and keeping weapons of war off the streets.
"Limiting the availability of high capacity magazines"
Supports limiting the availability of high capacity magazines and strict liability lawsuits against gun manufacturers for victims of mass shootings.
"Limiting the availability of high capacity magazines, Strict liability lawsuits for the victims of mass shootings against gun manufacturers"
Supports banning weapons of war from civilian streets, arguing they have no place in communities.
"As a Marine, Ryan was trained to use weapons of war and knows the destructive power they hold. He also knows they have no place on our streets."
While supporting commonsense gun reforms, frames his position through his Marine background and knowledge of weapons, implicitly acknowledging legitimate use while opposing weapons of war on streets.
"As a Marine, Ryan was trained to use weapons of war and knows the destructive power they hold. He also knows they have no place on our streets."
Healthcare(12)
Supports extending Obamacare subsidies to prevent premium increases.
"Extending the Obamacare subsidies to prevent premiums from doubling"
Supports protecting Pennsylvanians' health care and reversing Republican cuts to Medicaid.
"Protecting Pennsylvanians' health care and reversing Republicans' crippling cuts to Medicaid"
Supports expanding Medicare's ability to negotiate lower prescription drug prices and transparency laws around drug costs to address price-gouging by drug industry middlemen.
"addressing the price-gouging of drug industry middlemen with transparency laws around drug costs, Expanding Medicare's ability to negotiate lower prescription drug prices"
Supports protecting and strengthening Social Security and Medicare to ensure their availability for future seniors.
"Ryan knows that Social Security and Medicare aren't handouts – they're promises we made to our seniors. Ryan supports protecting and strengthening these programs to ensure they're available long into the future."
Supports cracking down on insurance company abuses to prevent denial of coverage for treatments prescribed by doctors.
"Cracking down on abuses by insurance companies, so they can't deny coverage for needed treatments prescribed by a patient's doctor"
Supports protecting and strengthening Social Security and Medicare to ensure their long-term availability for seniors.
"Ryan supports protecting and strengthening these programs to ensure they're available long into the future."
Supports a public option for health care to ensure everyday Americans have access to quality coverage.
"Rolling out a public option for health care to ensure that everyday Americans have access to the same quality health care as members of Congress"
Supports protecting Pennsylvanians' healthcare and reversing Republican cuts to Medicaid.
"Protecting Pennsylvanians' health care and reversing Republicans' crippling cuts to Medicaid"
Supports extending Obamacare subsidies to prevent premium increases.
"Extending the Obamacare subsidies to prevent premiums from doubling"
Supports a public option for healthcare to ensure everyday Americans have access to quality care comparable to members of Congress.
"Rolling out a public option for health care to ensure that everyday Americans have access to the same quality health care as members of Congress"
Supports transparency laws around drug costs to address price-gouging by drug industry middlemen and expanding Medicare's ability to negotiate lower prescription drug prices.
"addressing the price-gouging of drug industry middlemen with transparency laws around drug costs, Expanding Medicare's ability to negotiate lower prescription drug prices"
Supports protecting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits that Pennsylvanians rely on, opposing cuts to these programs.
"They're threatening the Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits Pennsylvanians rely on to make ends meet, while enriching themselves by profiting from their positions and giving their billionaire donors another massive tax cut at the expense of the middle class."
Immigration(6)
Supports creating an eventual pathway to citizenship for longtime residents who have otherwise followed the law.
"Creating an eventual pathway to citizenship for longtime residents who have otherwise followed the law"
Supports creating an eventual pathway to citizenship for longtime residents who have otherwise followed the law.
"Creating an eventual pathway to citizenship for longtime residents who have otherwise followed the law"
Supports investing in border security and engaging with neighboring countries to prevent illegal drug trafficking.
"Investing in border security and engaging with our neighbors to prevent illegal drug trafficking"
Opposes unmasked ICE agents disappearing neighbors, deportations of U.S. citizens, and raids on elementary schools, arguing these don't make Americans safer.
"masked men disappearing our neighbors from our streets can never be the norm in America, and deportations of U.S. citizens and raids on elementary schools aren't making Americans safer. Ryan would support: Requiring ICE to de-mask like any other branch of law enforcement and requiring all federal agents to follow the law"
Opposes masked ICE agents conducting disappearances and deportations of peaceful longtime residents and U.S. citizens, and supports requiring ICE to de-mask like other law enforcement.
"Requiring ICE to de-mask like any other branch of law enforcement and requiring all federal agents to follow the law"
Supports investing in border security and engaging with neighbors to prevent illegal drug trafficking.
"Investing in border security and engaging with our neighbors to prevent illegal drug trafficking"
Social Issues(2)
Supports restoring the protections of Roe v. Wade and abortion rights as the law of the land.
"one of his first acts in Congress will be to add his name to a bill to restore the protections of Roe v. Wade and abortion rights as the law of the land."
Supports restoring the protections of Roe v. Wade and codifying abortion rights into law.
"one of his first acts in Congress will be to add his name to a bill to restore the protections of Roe v. Wade and abortion rights as the law of the land."