{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://paulryan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398440", "Ryan: I want us to renew the American Idea", "2015-11-30", "2015", "2015-11", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Paul Ryan", "R000570", "paulryan.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC  This morning,Wisconsins First District Congressman and speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, spoke with WISNs Jay Weber.Excerpts of Ryans remarks follow: On moving the country forward:  \r\nWhat matters to me as a citizen . . . is someone who will offer an alternative, not just a criticism of the status quo; weve got that down. We cant just be an opposition party, we have to be a proposition party. ***   \r\nI dont like divisive identity politics, I dont like . . . dividing people and appealing to people [based] on what divides us. I want us to unify; I want us to inspire; I want us to be optimistic; I want us to get back to who we are and renew the American Idea . . . . Thats the kind of leadership I think we need. On the Syrian refugee crisis:  \r\nWhen ISIS is telling us that they are trying to infiltrate the refugee population, its only reasonable and practical to put a pause on the program and make sure the proper security guards are in place, especially when our own security people [are] telling us they dont have those proper security safeguards in place. On a bipartisan basis, we passed with overwhelming support, this [refugee] bill . . . . Im hopeful that the president sees it our way. Im hopeful that the president comes around and listens to his own security people, so we can get this done.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://paulryan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398440"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7410041764378548, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}