Tuesday, March 23, 2010
1:59 PM
Staff changes in Ryan office
U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan has a new press secretary following Conor Sweeney's departure to serve in Ryan's House Budget Committee.
Kevin Seifert is the Janesville Republican's new spokesman.
Ryan is also is featured in today's Politico video series "Health Care Diagnosis." In the interview, he attributed his emotional speech before the health care vote to both his Irish heritage and his perception that Democrats hadn't clinched the legislation until hours before the vote, when Michigan Rep. Bart Stupak bought six anti-abortion Dem votes to support the bill.
"We knew this was going to go down to the wire, we could tell it was going to go down to the wire. It's not a popular piece of legislation," Ryan said. "Many of their members don't want to vote for it. So we really had the mindset that this thing isn't over until the gavel falls."
Ryan also said Republicans let their rhetoric become too heated in the debate, remarking that it was "horrible" for Texas Rep. Randy Neugebauer to shout "baby killer" at Stupak on the House floor.
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