--- title: Paul Ryan on ACHA Failure: Read the Transcript description: The House Speaker was visibly disappointed after the American Health Care Act was withdrawn due to lack of Congressional support canonical: https://time.com/4713114/paul-ryan-ahca-health-care-failure-transcript/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-24T22:14:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T04:02:17.280Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Paul Ryan's Response to the Republican Health Care Bill Failure og:description: The House Speaker was visibly disappointed og:url: https://time.com/4713114/paul-ryan-ahca-health-care-failure-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbaaa69bda13dd7ef/6988bfc186f68e80006e3f96/paul-ryan2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Paul Ryan og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Paul Ryan's Response to the Republican Health Care Bill Failure twitter:description: The House Speaker was visibly disappointed twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbaaa69bda13dd7ef/6988bfc186f68e80006e3f96/paul-ryan2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Paul Ryan's Response to the Republican Health Care Bill Failure  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Mar 24, 2017 10:14 PM UTC  Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., arrives to speak to the media after a Republican caucus meeting on Capitol Hill on March 23, 2017, in Washington. Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., arrives to speak to the media after a Republican caucus meeting on Capitol Hill on March 23, 2017, in Washington.Alex Brandon—AP  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Mar 24, 2017 10:14 PM UTC Although [Republicans](http://time.com/4712590/ahca-donald-trump-republicans-mistakes/) have been vowing to repeal [Obamacare](http://time.com/4712026/ahca-house-freedom-caucus-health-care-repeal/) since it was signed into law seven years ago, the failure of the [American Health Care Act ](http://time.com/4712883/ahca-paul-ryan-donald-trump-no-vote-obamacare/)to reach the House floor for a vote Friday was a particular setback to [House Speaker Paul Ryan,](http://time.com/4706242/paul-ryan-health-care-compromise/) who was spearheading the legislation and the vote count. The House Speaker was visibly disappointed in remarks he made after the bill was withdrawn, and indicated that he may need to reach more compromises in future legislation. “Ultimately,” he said, “this all kind of comes down to a choice. Are all of us willing to give a little to get something done?” Here is a full transcript of Ryan’s remarks. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4713114/paul-ryan-ahca-health-care-failure-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4713114/paul-ryan-ahca-health-care-failure-transcript/"},"headline":"Read Paul Ryan's Response to the Republican Health Care Bill Failure","datePublished":"2017-03-24T22:14:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:02:17.280Z","description":"The House Speaker was visibly disappointed","url":"https://time.com/4713114/paul-ryan-ahca-health-care-failure-transcript/","keywords":["Congress","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbaaa69bda13dd7ef/6988bfc186f68e80006e3f96/paul-ryan2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alana Abramson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbaaa69bda13dd7ef/6988bfc186f68e80006e3f96/paul-ryan2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Paul Ryan","caption":"Paul Ryan","creditText":"Alex Brandon—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4713114/paul-ryan-ahca-health-care-failure-transcript/","name":"Read Paul Ryan's Response to the Republican Health Care Bill Failure"}}]}] ```