Paul Ryan

The Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee is echoing comments from House Speaker Paul Ryan, calling on NAFTA talks to conclude in an agreement this week. That is if the Trump administration wants Congress to consider an updated NAFTA before the end of 2018...

The Trump Administration is working against the clock to get NAFTA negotiations done in time for a vote during this year’s December session of Congress.  If the Administration wants a vote this year, the deadline is this Thursday, May 17.   Politi...

On Wednesday, a group of Republican lawmakers sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan calling for changes to Section 199A in the tax code.  The group of more than 80 lawmakers says the changes will restore the competitive balance in the agricultural marketplace.   ...

U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin says the biggest problem with NAFTA “comes from the North,” referring to Canada. Ryan points to Canadian dairy producers dumping low-cost products on the market to compete with Wisconsin farms, as the real issue with NAFTA.   La...

More than 180 agricultural groups are coming together to support the Section 199 tax deduction not included in the tax reform proposal.  The groups, led by the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, penned a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi opposing the effective repeal of Section 199.  By not ...

House Speaker Paul Ryan promises to provide regulatory relief during the next Congress.  Over the weekend, the Wisconsin Republican used agriculture as an example of needing relief.  During a CBS 60 Minutes interview, he called regulatory relief his second priority, following a plan to repeal Obamacare.  Ryan sa...

Will Congress take up the debate over TPP during the upcoming Lame Duck Session?  House Speaker Paul Ryan addressed the issue on the Laura Ingraham show Friday.   “Yeah, we’re not going to bring that up in Lame Duck, and I can say that safely because, even if we wanted to, which I think you’ve got to fix this deal there are real problems with it, we don’t have the votes.  So, even if we wanted to

U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said last week that he saw no point in bringing up the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal for a vote during the lame-duck session of Congress.  Ryan followed up the comment by saying it’s because “we don't have the votes,” according to Reuters.  Despite both U.S. pr...