Pat Ryan
What this job does: Your district's one vote in the U.S. House. House members write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Current office
- U.S. Representative, New York's 18th District (since 2023; represented the 19th District 2022-2023)
- Occupation
- U.S. Representative
- Lives in
- Kingston
Background
- U.S. representative since 2022: New York's 19th District, 2022-2023, and the 18th District since 2023. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Ulster County Executive, 2019-2022. source: en.wikipedia.org
- U.S. Army military intelligence officer, 2004-2009, with two combat tours in Iraq; left service as a captain. source: en.wikipedia.org
- B.S., U.S. Military Academy at West Point (2004); M.A. in security studies, Georgetown University. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Serves on the House Armed Services and Transportation and Infrastructure committees in the 119th Congress. source: en.wikipedia.org
In their own words
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- Leveling the playing field for working families and small businesses source: patryanforcongress.com
- Protecting foundational freedoms and the Constitution source: patryanforcongress.com
- Keeping communities safe source: patryanforcongress.com
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