>> sorry to interrupt, but we want to hear house speaker paul ryan taking questions. let's listen. >> [ indiscernible ]. -- yesterday, who's in charge -- >> yeah. so we're -- we're going to address the debt ceiling before we hit the debt ceiling. we're -- yeah, before it hits. so naturally, the treasury secretary should be in charge of the debt limit because it's the treasury secretary who runs the numbers who runs the levers that control the flow of us paying our debts. so the treasury secretary is and should always be the person in charge of debt limit negotiations, debt limit legislation. that's the natural thing. every treasury secretary is in charge of that. clearly, the treasury secretary wants us to do it earlier than later. that's what every treasury secretary says and should be saying. we'll work with them on this. we're having discussions on how to handle it before we hit the debt limit. >> [ indiscernible ]. >> i'm not going to negotiate with myself and the media. we'll...