Speaker Paul Ryan

The New Washington

The New York Times

News, Politics

4.5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2017

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Mr. Ryan, Republican of Wisconsin, is pushing a tax plan that could be a legacy-defining achievement or a political disaster. Mr. Ryan spoke with Carl Hulse about his plan to get it through Congress, his evolving relationship with President Trump and the lessons he learned waiting tables at a restaurant across from the Capitol.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, this is the new Washington.
0:03.7	I'm Michael Barber.
0:05.1	Today, House Speaker Paul Ryan.
0:07.6	Now you have a presumptive nominee, Donald Trump.
0:11.4	Will you support him? So be perfectly candid with you, Jake, I'm just not ready to do that at this point.
0:17.0	Have we had our arguments this year?
0:19.0	Sure we have.
0:20.0	You and I call those signs of life.
0:22.0	But do you think he's changing anything I believe he's
0:25.1	going to endeavor to try Republicans are committed to keeping our promise to lift the
0:29.6	burden of Obamacare from the American people this is not a job I've ever wanted.
0:33.2	There's not complete consensus on how best to do health care reform.
0:36.2	On tax reform, we have that consensus.
0:38.0	Nothing to get derailed what we're doing in Congress,
0:40.5	because we're working on solving people's problems.
0:43.0	How do you know, how you doing?
0:48.0	Nice painting.
0:49.0	That's what I was.
0:54.0	All right, good afternoon.
0:58.0	This is a historic day.
1:00.0	This is a day that is a long time in coming.
1:04.0	In fact, it was on this day under this dome in 1986
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