U.S. Congressman Paul Ryan Serving Wisconsin's 1st District

U.S. CONGRESSMAN Paul Ryan Serving Wisconsin's 1st District

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Earmark Disclosure

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Fiscal Year 2012 Earmark Ban

Under the watch of both political parties, Congress grew addicted to the practice of pork-barrel spending. Taxpayers were rightfully angered to learn of their hard-earned tax dollars squandered on the infamous Bridge to Nowhere in Alaska and the Rain Forest Museum in Iowa. More troubling than these egregious examples of waste is the corruptibility of the process. Earmarks aren’t inherently problematic, but when former members of Congress are in jail for selling earmarks, there’s something seriously wrong with the process. In the 111th Congress, House Republicans established a self-imposed ban on the practice of pork-barrel spending through the broken earmark process. The new House majority earlier this year expanded this earmark moratorium for the entire House. This budget continues to ban the practice for Fiscal Year 2012. This is not a partisan issue – it is a good-government issue.
Washington, DC Office
  • 1233 Longworth House Office Bldg
  • Washington, DC 20515
  • Phone: (202) 225-3031
  • Fax: (202) 225-3393
Wisconsin's 1st District
Janesville Office
20 South Main Street
Phone: (608) 752-4050
Suite 10
Fax: (608) 752-4711
Janesville, WI 53545
Toll Free: (888) 909-RYAN (7926)
Kenosha Office
5455 Sheridan Road
Phone: (262) 654-1901
Suite 125
Fax: (262) 654-2156
Racine Office
216 6th Street
Phone: (262) 637-0510
Fax: (262) 637-5689
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Washington, D.C. Office
1233 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-3031
Fax: (202) 225-3393 		Janesville Office
20 S. Main Street
Suite 10
Janesville, WI 53545
Phone: (608) 752-4050
Fax: (608) 752-4711 		Kenosha Office
5455 Sheridan Road
Suite 125
Kenosha, WI 53140
Phone: (262) 654-1901
Fax: (262) 654-2156 		Racine Office
216 - 6th Street
Racine, WI 53403
Phone: (262) 637-0510
Fax: (262) 637-5689
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