who bore me at the a-e jeannie johnson who bore me at the age of— jeannie johnson who bore me at thess and my— age of 17 and my brothers, chris and joss and my sister laura and all of their— joss and my sister laura and all of their families and all of our extended family and louisiana family is a big _ extended family and louisiana family is a big deal. i will especially want — is a big deal. i will especially want to— is a big deal. i will especially want to thank all of the extraordinary people of the great state _ extraordinary people of the great state of — extraordinary people of the great state of louisiana. we've never had a speaker _ state of louisiana. we've never had a speaker of — state of louisiana. we've never had a speaker of the house hail from our state _ a speaker of the house hail from our state so. _ a speaker of the house hail from our state. so, they have been living this out — state. so, they have been living this out i— state. so, they have been living this out. i think the people of louisiana _ this out. i think the people of louisiana for the opportunity to

[applause] i want to thank my faithful mother, jeannie johnson, who bore me at the age of 17 and my brothers chris and josh and my sister laura and all their families and all of our extended family. in louisiana, family is a big deal and we got a bunch of them. especially thank all the extraordinary people of the great state of louisiana. we have never had a speaker of the house hail from our state and so they have been lifting us up. i thank the people of louisiana for the opportunity to serve you in congress and humbled by your continuous support. we will make you proud. to my colleagues, i want to thank you all for the trust you have instilled in me. to lead us in this historic and unprecedented moment that we are in. the challenge before us is great, but the time for action is now. and i will not let you down. [applause] i want to say to the american people on behalf of all of us here, we hear you, we know the challenges you are facing, we know that there's a lot going on in our country, domestically and abroad, and we are ready to get to work again to solve those problems, and we will.