House Speaker Ryan Press Exchange over Health Care Effort, Intelligence Chairman Nunes

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan tells reporters that every group represented in the Republican conference is concentrated on lowering premiums while protecting those with pre-existing conditions, calling a new amendment to the American Health Care Act one that achieves that goal while talks continue around gaining consensus on the proposals. Ryan It is a statement regarding Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes as having his trust over many years for dedication to the critical work of the intelligence community, and continues to have that trust. Nunes, under a preliminary investigation of the ethics committee, has chosen to step back, so he decided to step back from that particular probe on the Russia investigation, then to be led by Texas Congressman Mike Conaway, confident that Conaway will oversee a professional investigation and also follow the facts. Ryan refuses details and particulars on the health care amendment, leading members of his caucus out of the news conference.