Ryan noted that Republicans and President Trump had both run in the 2016 elections on the promise to repeal and replace the Obama health law.
"We now owe it to deliver those results," Ryan said.
There were also hints down at the White House that the President wants to see the GOP make another run at an internal deal on a health care bill in the House before the end of the month, as he approaches his 100th day in office.
The first try in late March ran aground before the plan could even be voted on in the full House; another effort to bridge the gap came up short earlier this month, before lawmakers left on an extended Easter break.
But on Capitol Hill, there was no indication that Republican lawmakers had suddenly found a magic formula while spread out across the country on their break.
Still, critics of the GOP effort rang the alarm bell.
"Zombie Trumpcare is coming back to life," said Topher Spiro, a health policy expert with the liberal Center for American Progress.
With Congressional leaders likely to be focused on avoiding a government shutdown next week, a new push on health care seemed unlikely, and nothing was on the House schedule for that.
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