{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://www.speaker.gov/general/speaker-ryan-60-minutes-obamacare-first-priority-2017", "Speaker Ryan on 60 Minutes: Obamacare Is First Priority in 2017", "2016-12-05", "2016", "2016-12", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Paul Ryan", "R000570", "www.speaker.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Last night, Speaker Ryan appeared on CBS\u2019s 60 Minutes for a conversation with Scott Pelley, ranging from what Congress plans to tackle in 2017 to working with President-elect Trump. Below are excerpts from their conversation:\nObamacare: \u201cThe first bill we\u2019re going to be working on is our Obamacare legislation. . . . What we know is we have to make good on this promise. We have to bring relief as fast as possible to people who are struggling under Obamacare. . . . Patient-centered healthcare that gets everybody access to affordable healthcare coverage. So they can buy what they what they want to buy. . . . We will give everyone access to affordable healthcare coverage.\u201d\nPresident-elect Trump:\u00a0\u201cHe\u2019s basically giving voice to a lot of people who have felt that they were voiceless. He\u2019s communicating with people in this country who\u2019ve felt like they have not been listened to. He\u2019s going to be an unconventional president.\u00a0I really think we have a great opportunity in front of us to fix problems, produce results, and improve people\u2019s lives\u2014that\u2019s why we\u2019re here in the first place. And so that\u2019s what\u2019s going to matter at the end of the day. Did we improve people\u2019s lives? Did we solve the problems that the American people need solved? Are we addressing the concerns of people who are tired of being tired. . . . That\u2019s just the way I look at this.\u201d\nPoverty: \u201cWe feel very strongly about making work pay, about getting people transitioned from welfare to work. Get people skills they need, help they need, so they can get on the ladder of life.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0\nEconomy: \u201cWe really want to focus on economic growth and growing the economy. There are a lot of regulations that are really just crushing jobs. Look at the coal miners in the Rust Belt that are getting out of work . . . the loggers and the timber workers and the paper mills on the West Coast . . . the ranchers or farmers in the Midwest . . . We\u2019re talking about smarter regulations that actually help us grow jobs in this country. . . . We have a real economic growth problem in America. We are limping along. Wages are flat, and jobs aren\u2019t being created near to the extent that they could and should be. So we think regulatory relief is very, very important. And that\u2019s something we\u2019re going to work on day one.\u201d\nBONUS: Want to know what 2017 holds in under 60 seconds? Speaker Ryan lays out six priorities on\u00a060 Minutes\u00a0overtime.", 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://www.speaker.gov/general/speaker-ryan-60-minutes-obamacare-first-priority-2017"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.2169440053403378, "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"}