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You want to accomplish and you left. >> on saturday rooney announced his retirement citing he had done the work and hoped to be a model for term limits. rooney's announcement makes him the 15th house gop member who will not be seeking another term. coming up, we're going to bring in hans nichols with the latest from washington, how the trump administration is poised to kick off the new week following one of the most hectic and consequential news cycles yet for the white house. we'll be right back.

It's hard if not impossible to resist this rush of enthusiasm. there is no sense of foreboding in this house today, there's only the sense of potential. it kind of reminds you no matter how long you have been here you haven't seen it all, so i just want to say to our new members and to their families, thank you, congratulations and welcome. [ applause ] >> to my own priest father paul, thank you for being with us today. appreciate it. [ applause ] >> and to my center, my family, jana, liza, charlie, sam, thank you for all you have done to make this possible. there's another reason for optimism...

Speaker of the house for the 115th congress, the republicans are the majority in congress and avow to announce the agenda of the in-coming president donald trump. phil mattingly is joining us from capitol hill right now. phil, set the skoocene for us, nancy pelosi will introduce the speaker, but go ahead. >> reporter: that is correct, what we saw a few minutes ago was the completion of the house vote to speaker. what we actually saw was paul ryan faced fewer defections this time around than he did when he was initially elected speaker, why does that matter? he drew some angt -- angst. no real ...

America? find one person in this house who does not want to see help given to the unemployed, or care for the sick, or education for the young or honor or troops? who here among us does not want to open wide the door to opportunity? who here among us does not want ever american, ever creed and every color to cross the threshold? you cannot find one person in this building, not one, and that is a true cause for celebration. [ applause ] >> now, we have a lot to build on. that being said, this is time to redouble our efforts. it's no secret that millions and millions of americans across this cou...

How much we mean it, in a few years' time i hope that the people will say of this 115th congress that we didn't pay lip service to this beautiful american idea, that we made it a reality for everyone. we are not here to be, we are here to do. we are here to improve people's lives. improve our economy, restorrest self-government. as your speaker, i intend to keep this pace running at full speed. when i came to this job i pledged to restore order. hold regular house and senate conferences because only a fully-functioning house can really truly do the people's