CNBC op-ed Since 1995, America has fallen from first to nineteenth in college graduation rate and educational mobility among countries studied by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Throughout the twenty eight countries examined in the study, about half the children at least matched the level of their parents' education. Unfortunately, a larger than average… Read more

WASHINGTON — Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner demanding answers as to why the organization sent 800,000 people incorrect information about their 2014 Obamacare subsidies.   Who was responsible for reviewing and testing the forms to… Read more

February 19, 2015 — Members of the congressional delegation meet with Japanese Prime Minister Abe. Members of a congressional delegation led by Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) arrived in Tokyo Wednesday evening to round out a trip to three countries in Asia.   Japan is one of the United States’s top trading partners, and our alliance is central to American… Read more

Next week, the House of Representatives will take up Rep. Lynn Jenkins's (R-KS) bill to strengthen and expand the use of 529 college savings plans. And two recent articles make a key point in their favor: 529s promote what one writer calls "a culture of saving." In The Week, Michael Brendan Dougherty uses an example from his own life to illustrate the benefits of 529s. When he was in… Read more

​February 17, 2015 — Members of the congressional delegation meet with Malaysian officials. On the second leg of a three-nation trip to Asia, members of a congressional delegation led by Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) arrived in Malaysia on Tuesday. Malaysia and the U.S. share a long history of cooperation, and the country has shown interest for even greater… Read more

While in Malaysia to discuss ongoing trade negotiations, members of a congressional delegation led by Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) held a meeting with Nurul Izzah, the daughter of Anwar Ibrahim, who was controversially imprisoned last week. Anwar, the Malaysian opposition leader, was jailed after a government appeal overturned an original ruling that found him not guilty.… Read more

February 16, 2015—Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan speaking with Singapore Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam. On Monday, a congressional delegation led by Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) held meetings in Singapore, the first of three Asian nations the group will visit on the week-long… Read more

February 16, 2015— Members of the congressional delegation meet with the crew of the U.S.S. Fort Worth, stationed in Singapore.         … Read more

WASHINGTON — Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 636, America's Small Business Tax Relief Act, legislation introduced by Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-OH) that will make permanent important tax policies that will give small businesses the certainty they need to grow. Upon passage, Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement. "Small businesses need… Read more

WASHINGTON — This afternoon, a bipartisan delegation from the U.S. House of Representatives left Washington for a week-long visit to three Asian nations participating in ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations. The eight-member delegation will meet with senior government officials and American and local business leaders in an effort to advance the U.S. trade agenda and strengthen… Read more