House Speaker Paul Ryan vowed Tuesday to deliver results for voters who handed control of Washington to his party in the November election, as he easily won re-election to the top congressional post at the opening of the 115th Congress.
Ryan, the Wisconsin Republican who ascended to the speakership in late 2015 after John Boehner’s abrupt retirement, was elected to his first full term with 239 votes. He then took the gavel stressing the need for unity and the need to listen to voters he said “let out a great roar” during the election.
“I want to say to the American people, we hear you. We want to do right by you, and we will deliver,” Ryan said.
Ryan advised colleagues they have a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” after voters installed a “unified government” under Republican control. Ryan cautioned that voters expect “results” and Washington should not let them down.
Via Fox News