Paul Ryan: I don't want to spend my adult life in Congress

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Washington Examiner:

Don’t plan on adding another 10 years to Paul Ryan’s 16 years in Congress.

 

At 44 years old, the representative for Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District since 1999 has already been both a major committee chairman and a vice presidential candidate, and many think there is still much left in his political tank.

 

Everyone except him.

 

“I’m not going be in Congress 10 years from now," Ryan told National Journal. "I can be definitive about that."

 

"I've already been there 16 years. I don't want to be a career guy. Even though I've been there a long time, where you could already say that," he said. "It's just, I don't want to spend my adult life in Congress."

 

Considered a top 2016 candidate for the Republican ticket, Ryan may be prepping to leave politics altogether sooner rather than later.

 

"I have this sense of urgency about me," Ryan explained when asked about his father, who died at 55. "Life is short. You'd better make the most of it."

 

Ryan also revealed he has never wanted to be speaker of the House.