ziplinzip a dee ♪ da, zip a dee a i have spent every day of my service fighting for smaller, more tenableovernment. i have advanced conservative help.s that would we will reduce government spending by $1 trillion over the next fears. -- few years. % of thected 99 american people from races and taxes, all with a democratic president. my first job as speaker is to protect the institution. that my you now know plan was to step down at the end of last year. i decided that it the end of 2 010, when i was elected speaker, that serving two terms was plenty. but, in june of last year, it became clear that the majority leader had lost his election, and i did not believe it was right for me to leave at the end of last year. my goal was to leave at the end of this year. birthday, on my november 17, to announce that i was leaving at the end of the year. thats become clear to me this belonged leadership turmoil would do irreparable harm to the institution. colleagues iy would resign from the speakership and congress at the end of october. is not about me. it is about the people, the institution. just