U.S. Senator Bob Menendez's Statment in Reaction to Paul Ryan Becoming Mitt Romney's Running Mate

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U.S. Senator Bob Menendez released the following statement this morning in reaction to Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) being named Mitt Romney's running mate in the 2012 Presidential race.

"Mitt Romney has shown that he means business in his war against America's middle class by choosing as his running mate the architect of the budget plan that favors the nation's wealthiest people and corporations. Four years of a Romney-Ryan administration would be disastrous for New Jersey's middle class, who have shouldered too much of the tax burden. As a result of Rep. Ryan's proposed budget, seniors on fixed incomes would face greater hardship, as there would be an end to Medicare as we know it, and the Social Security system they spent most of their lives paying into would be privatized and subjected to the whims of the stock market. Proposed budget cuts would kill job growth and set back the fragile economic recovery. All of these would take a significant step forward to becoming reality with the election of Romney and Ryan.

The addition of Paul Ryan to the Romney ticket only strengthens my resolve to fight for the middle class families of New Jersey and the United States, who were subjected too long to the failed economic policies of the Bush Administration. The vast majority of Americans understand that we cannot revert to the days of an unbridled Wall Street and a health care system that allows insurance companies to deny a person coverage due to a pre-existing condition or the size of one's wallet."

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