During a television interview today Paul Ryan said he "never asked for stimulus."
That's a lie.
He wrote at least four letters asking for stimulus funds in 2009 according to the Associated Press.
Rep. Ryan wrote letters in 2009 to Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis seeking stimulus grant money for two Wisconsin energy conservation companies. One of them, the nonprofit Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corp., later received $20.3 million from the Energy Department to help homes and businesses improve energy efficiency, according to federal records.
In a letter to Chu in December 2009, Ryan said the stimulus money would help his state create thousands of new jobs, save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. [...]
Ryan also sent three letters to Chu in October 2009 seeking stimulus money for the Energy Center of Wisconsin, another nonprofit organization that promotes energy efficiency. The company later received $190,000 in stimulus money to conduct research on geothermal heating and $50,000 more to develop a training curriculum for students at Milwaukee Area Technical College.
This is the really good part
[In] Ryan's letter to the Labor Department in October 2009, he backed the Energy Center of Wisconsin's grant application for stimulus money "to develop an industry-driven training and placement agenda that intends to place 1,000 workers in green jobs."
Not only did Ryan request stimulus funds, he requested funds to save energy, reduction greenhouse gas emissions, and create green jobs.
Green jobs!
Where's Darrell Issa when you need him? Who knows if Paul Ryan steered funds to the next Solyndra!