WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) made the following comments after House Republicans—including newly elected and returning lawmakers—elected their leadership team for the 115th Congress:
“I just want to say a couple of things. Number one, to all Americans, to every citizen in this country who’s worried about the future of this country, who’s worried about their future, who’s worried about the direction we’ve been going: We hear you and we are here to fix problems. We’re very excited to get to work.
“This leadership team is unified. This entire House Republican conference is unified. And we are so eager to get to work with our new president-elect to fix America’s pressing problems. This is something we’re ready to do, and this is something we’re going to look back upon as a moment where we met the moment the way it needed to be met by confronting America’s problems and fixing them so that all of our citizens are better off.”
NOTE: House Republicans today elected the following members of their leadership team for the 115th Congress:
Speaker of the House: Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) | @SpeakerRyan
Majority Leader: Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) | @GOPLeader
Majority Whip: Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) | @SteveScalise
Conference Chair: Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) | @cathymcmorris
NRCC Chairman: Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH) | @RepSteveStivers
Policy Committee Chairman: Rep. Luke Messer (R-IN) | @RepLukeMesser
Conference Vice-Chair: Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) | @RepDougCollins
Conference Secretary: Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) | @RepJasonSmith
Our new House #Republican leadership team is eager to get to work with President-elect Trump to fix America's pressing problems. pic.twitter.com/flrUAHcGaN
— Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) November 15, 2016
