Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) was elected the 54th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday after he received a majority vote from the full U.S. House.
After the vote, Ryan addressed the members of Congress and said the U.S. House was in great need of change.
“The House is broken. We are not solving problems. We are adding to them,” Ryan said. “And I am not interested in laying blame. We are not settling scores. We are wiping the slate clean. Neither the members nor the people are satisfied with how things are going.”
Ryan said he was honored to receive the election, and that all of Congress should be honored by their positions.
“Now, let’s prove ourselves worthy of it,” Ryan said. “Let’s seize the moment. Let’s rise to the occasion. And when we are done, let us say we left the people—all the people—more united, happy, and free.”
