{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://timryan.house.gov/press-release/tim-ryan-statement-re-election-nancy-pelosi-house-democratic-leader", "Tim Ryan Statement on Re-Election of Nancy Pelosi as House Democratic Leader", "2016-11-30", "2016", "2016-11", "Democrat", "House", "OH", "Tim Ryan", "R000577", "timryan.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2014 Congressman\u00a0Tim\u00a0Ryan\u00a0released the following statement today on the re-election of Nancy Pelosi as Leader of the House Democratic Caucus:First, I want to congratulate Nancy Pelosi on her re-election. As I\u2019ve said throughout this process, I respect and care for Leader Pelosi and look forward to working with her to promote a progressive agenda for the country. That includes raising wages and creating jobs for working families; protecting the progress we\u2019ve made for women, minorities, and those in the LGBTQ community; and defending Americans from any President-elect Trump proposal that would threaten their rights or ability to provide for their loved ones. I\u2019d like to thank the members who stood with me throughout this process, because they, too, saw that change needed to be embraced\u2014I\u2019m forever grateful for that support.\u00a0I also want to thank\u00a0every member of the Democratic Caucus for listening to my message and for their frank discussions and ideas on how we can improve our party\nI ran for Leader because I believe strongly in the promise of the Democratic Party, but November taught us that changes were necessary.\u00a0Our party\u2019s losses showed our Caucus that we needed to have a serious conversation about our path forward and open the door for new reforms and voices in Democratic Leadership.\nI am proud that my bid for Democratic Leader pushed our members to have these tough family discussions about our future and how we win back the majority in 2018. I am also pleased to see that Leader Pelosi will adopt my proposal to expand leadership by creating a position for Freshman members and to bring back the power to the Committees by creating Vice-Chair/Vice- Ranking Member positions. While I still believe our Caucus can do more to decentralize the power of leadership, these are steps in the right direction. I believe that fostering new ideas from new voices is a crucial step toward developing our Caucus and winning back the House.\nHowever, it is clear as we learn more about the outcome of our elections that we\u2019re ignoring crucial voices that deserve to be heard. The people I represent in Northeast Ohio and the tens of millions of workers across our country are proud to be called blue collar.\u00a0Democrats must adopt a progressive economic message that focuses on large, direct infrastructure investments, affordable health care, portable pensions, and public-private investments that promote advanced manufacturing. Hopelessness is a product of economic and social adversity. That is why Democrats must always be the party of aspiration and inclusion.\nTo ensure that every member of our Caucus is included in the discussion to move our party forward, we all must continue to push for open discussion and to\u00a0strengthen our outreach to working families and institute the reforms necessary to evolve as a Party and win back the trust of American voters.\u201d", 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://timryan.house.gov/press-release/tim-ryan-statement-re-election-nancy-pelosi-house-democratic-leader"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3424810022115707, "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"}