“I call crony capitalism, where you take money from successful small businesses, spend it in Washington on favored industries, on favored individuals, picking winners and losers in the economy, that's not pro-growth economics. That's not entrepreneurial economics. That's not helping small businesses. That's cronyism, that's corporate welfare.”

American former politician

Paul Davis Ryan is an American former politician. He served as the 54th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019, and represented Wisconsin's 1st congressional district from 1999 to 2019. A Republican, he was also his party's vice presidential nominee in the 2012 presidential election, running alongside Mitt Romney. He is known for his long tenure in Congress and for holding one of the highest offices in the House.