b'Wednesday, February 19, 2020 EXPO KEYNOTE SessionPaul RyanS Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (2015-2019)In July of 2019, WPMA President Dennis Before becoming Speaker, he was chairman of the Campo announced his 2020 WPMAEXPO House Ways and Means Committee. As chairman, Keynote SpeakerPaul Ryan.Ryan worked to simplify the tax code, protect health Paul Ryan was the 54th Speaker of the U.S. Housecare choices, advance free trade, and strengthen of Representatives. In office from October 2015 tothe economy. Before that, he served as chairman of January 2019, he was the youngest speaker in nearlythe House Budget Committee, where he outlined 150 years. During his tenure, Ryan spearheaded revolutionary blueprints to balance the federal bud-efforts to reform our nations tax code for the firstget and pay off the national debt. In 2012, Ryan was time in a generation, rebuild our national defense,selected to serve as Governor Mitt Romneys Vice expand domestic energy production, combat thePresidential nominee.opioid epidemic, reform our criminal justice system,He currently resides near his childhood home in and promote economic opportunity. Janesville. He is a member of St. John VianneysFirst elected to Congress in 1998 at age 28, RyanParish and a graduate of Joseph A. Craig High spent two decades representing the people ofSchool. He holds a degree in economics andWisconsins First Congressional District. A fifth-gen- political science from Miami University in Ohio. Paul eration Janesville native, Ryan continued Wisconsinsand his wife Janna are the proud parents of three proud tradition of reform-minded leadership in thechildren: Liza, Charlie, and Sam.House of Representatives.SWPMA News / Autumn 201915'