The speaker of the house Paul Ryan goes. The Republican leader said Wednesday that he will leave his post next year.
Telling colleagues of his decision in a personal meeting, he went out and made a statement to the press.
“It was one of the two biggest honors of my life. The job provides incredible opportunities, but the truth is it’s easy for him to capture everything in your life and You can’t just let this happen, because there are other things in life that can be fleeting as well,” Ryan said. “Namely, Your time as a husband and father, which is another great honor in my life. That’s why today I am announcing that this year will be my last case as a member of the chamber”.
You can read the full text of Ryan below.
Good morning. I would like to share with you a little of what I just said a few moments ago by my colleagues. You understand something when you took this job: it’s a big job, a lot depends on you, and you feel it, but you also know that it is a job that lasts forever. You understand that you hold this position only a small part of our history, so it’s best to make the most of it. It is fleeting, and what inspires you to do great things and this, I think we have achieved much.
You all know that I wasn’t looking for this job. I took it reluctantly, but I gave this job everything I have, and I have no regrets in accepting this responsibility. It was one of the two biggest honors of my life. The work gives an incredible opportunity, but the truth is it’s easy for him to capture everything in your life and You can’t just let this happen, because there are other things in life that can be fleeting as well. Namely, Your time as a husband and father, which is another great honor in my life.
That’s why today I am announcing that this year will be my last case as a member of the chamber. To be clear, I’m not leaving. I intend to serve a full term, I was elected to do, but I will retire in January, leaving this most is in good hands with what I believe is a very bright future. It’s almost hard to believe, but I was a member of Congress for nearly two decades. This is my 20th year in Congress. My kids weren’t even born when I was first elected. The oldest was 13 years old when I became speaker. Now all three of our children are teenagers, and one thing I’ve learned about teenagers is their idea of a perfect don’t have to spend all of their time with their parents.
As I understand it, if I’m here for another term, my children will only ever know me as dad. I just can’t let that happen. So I’m going to set new priorities in my life, and I also leave incredibly proud of what we have achieved. Some of you know my story. My father died when I was 16, the age of my daughter, and I just don’t want to be one of those people, looking back on my life thinking that I wish I spent more time with my children. if I spend another term, they only know me as father’s weekend. I am very proud that we were able to do. When I took this job, one of my conditions was that we aim high, we do big things that we fashion the agenda that we are running this agenda that we win elections and we carry out this agenda.
I am so proud of what we did and what we’re doing right now. We have accomplished so much since then. Probably the two biggest achievements for me, firstly, major changes in the Tax code for the first time in 36 years, which is already a huge success for our country, and that’s what I worked for all my adult life. Something I focused on becoming speaker is the restoration of the military of our country, and the decision of the military crisis readiness, which is one of the main priorities we did last year. These I see as a great victory that will make this country more prosperous and safe for many decades.
There are so many other things that we have done, and of course, I’m going to look back on their days in the Budget Committee and the Committee, but I don’t want to be too sentimental here. I want to be clear. I haven’t finished yet, and I intend to run the tape and finish the year. Some of you wonder why I can’t do the normal politician thing that will work and then to retire after the elections. That’s what I’m told is the politically astute thing to do.
I thought about it, but my conscience is what made me take this job in the first place, my conscience couldn’t handle it and leaves. I swore to serve the people of Wisconsin first district with honor, and to serve the people in my district honor I have to serve them honestly, and for me to ask them to vote to re-elect me, knowing I wasn’t going to stay, that’s not fair, so I just can’t do it. So I announce it today.
Again, I am proud that this Congress has made, and I believe its future is bright. The economy is on the rise, we’ve given Americans a lot of confidence in my life, and I’m pretty sure I’m going to hand this gavel, the next Republican speaker of the house next year. So just to close, I said earlier that I don’t want the job first, and most of you know it. I really wasn’t, but I have to thank my colleagues for giving me this opportunity and this honor.
I am very grateful for that. I also want to thank the residents of southern Wisconsin for their confidence in me as their representative for the last 20 years. I tried to bring as much Wisconsin to Washington, as I can at this time. It was a wild ride, but it was a journey, of course, is to have the opportunity to contribute to the strengthening of the American idea. That chase never ends, there is still a lot of work, but I like to think I did my small part in history, to put us on a better course. Thank you.
Sourse: vox.com
