let me say thank you to al credenes and acu and all of the organizers and responsers ofspo. i came to my first conference as a brand-new legislator in ohio and i'm certainly pleased to be here today as the speaker of the whole house of representatives. let's stop for a second. and let's picture america on a date in the not-so-distant future. let's say september 23rd, 2014, 4 years to the day since we unveiled our pledge to america, a document that commits us to governing based on the truths of our founding. it would be a year and a half after the founding of the economic freedom act of 2013 under a new president and a new senate. the economy's growing after the tax code has been reformed from top to bottom, thousands of special interest loopholes are gone, rates permanently lowered for every american. the deficit's dropping and our entitlement programs are being saved because washington now operates on paul ryan's budget. again, picture the this date, september, 2014. gas prices are falling as the keystone pipeline is being built. and preparations are made to drill on a tiny