Paul Ryan: Our Members Realize a Discharge Petition Will Not Make Law

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RYAN: "I think what — you said moderate members, members were running a discharge petition because they were worried that we wouldn’t take action, that they would have votes on the floor for policies they like. But I think members also realize that a discharge petition will not make law. So when our members realize it's better to have a process that has a chance of going into law than not and that’s why the conversation we had this morning about the president’s four pillars which has a DACA solution within it is the most optimistic, plausible chance of getting into law. And that’s why I think our members — I mean, we have a lot of our moderate members come to the mic thanking us, thanking their colleagues for engaging in this kind of conversation. That's what when we — when we had tough thorny issues, we have long conferences, people come and they expressed their views, and when you see that happening, which is what we’ve been doing the last few weeks, you find that there’s more consensus than not. And that helps us legislate. That is the kind of process that we’ve had the past few weeks, that's the process we had this morning. So I think a lot of our members are appreciative of the fact that we have the right conversations happening and the next step is to start put pen to paper so we can get legislation to the floor."