Paul Ryan

A Representative from Wisconsin; born in Janesville, Rock County, Wis., January 29, 1970; graduated from Joseph A. Craig High School, Janesville, Wis.; B.A., Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1992; construction business; staff, United States Senator Robert Kasten of Wisconsin, 1992; staff assistant, Empower America, 1993-1995; staff, United States Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas, 1995-1997; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Sixth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1999-present); chair, Committee on the Budget (One Hundred Twelfth and One Hundred Thirteenth Congresses); unsuccessful Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States in 2012.