advance, even with a commitment without having passed legislation first, to protect dreamers in this house. without that commitment from speaker ryan, comparable to the commitment from leader mcconnell, this package does not have my support. >> we have no right to talk about dreamers and to tell their stories and take pride in their actions unless we're willing to take action to support them. we have that opportunity today. to ask the speaker, what are you afraid of? >> from what i understand, phil, speaker ryan's office has said repeatedly that republicans, yes, intended to do this immigration reform bill, citing his spokeswoman, quote, one that the president supports.