Cicilline Hopes Ryan’s Willingness to Negotiate With Democrats Continues
Thursday, October 29, 2015
United States Congressman David Cicilline has released the following statement on the election of speaker Paul Ryan. Ryan was officially elected Speaker of the House, receiving votes of 236 members by the full House of Representatives.
Read the Statement Below:
"I extend my congratulations to our new Speaker, Paul Ryan, who I served with on the House Budget Committee. Although I strongly disagreed with him on many important issues, I’ve seen firsthand his willingness to negotiate in good faith with Democrats in order to get things done, and I hope this continues in his new role as Speaker.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTWashington has been defined by gridlock for the last five years because conservative Republicans in the Freedom Caucus refused to allow their leaders to work with Democrats. It’s a sad commentary that the most bipartisan this Congress has been was in the last few weeks since Speaker Boehner announced his retirement.
Although we have made progress in the past several days, there is a lot more work to do. Democrats and Republicans need to find common ground so that we can invest properly in our nation’s infrastructure, reinvigorate American manufacturing, fix our broken immigration system, make college affordable, and reduce gun violence.
I hope that Speaker Ryan will seize this opportunity to restore bipartisanship and cooperation in the interest of serving the American people, and I wish him well as he begins his tenure."
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