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Mr. Speaker, my colleagues, and guest of the house, it has been traditional with a few notable exceptions since the founding of this institution for the vanquished to present to the house the victor, and i consider it a high privilege to condition continue in that privilege. May i make a few observations of my own . [laughter] may i express my profound thanks and appreciation to our republican conference for again honoring me and my family with their nomination for speaker of the house of representatives. [applause] unfortunately, mr. Speaker, as your president ial nominee well knows, its one ...

Colleagues. They put my name five times in nomination. To them, i owe a deep debt of thanks. From the bottom of a deeply grateful heart, i say thank you to my democratic colleagues for the honor they have given me. May i thank the members of the house for the respect they have always treated this role of the speakership of the house. In conclusion, may i say with gods aid and gods might, may we pray to him that he will give to us the reason, the judgment the knowledge, the talent that he has given to this body all through the years that has been part and parcel of making our nation the greates...

Of democrats in the house, there were always 40 or 50, sometimes 60 members, who were conservatives and would side with the minority. Now, here is tip oneil from 1985 on the opening day of the 99th congress. [applause] mr. Speaker. My colleagues and guest of the house. It has been traditional, with a few notable exceptions, since the founding of this institution, for the victor to be presented to the house. Before doing so, may i make a few observations of my own. First, may i process my profound thanks and appreciation to our Republican Congress for again honoring me and my family as nominee ...

[indiscernible] [laughter] ladies and gentlemen of the house, i first want to thank my democratic colleagues for their support and their confidence. I noted we were a little short. But i appreciate your friendship and your support. As you might imagine, this is not a moment i had been waiting for. [laughter] when you carry the mantle of progress, there is precious little glory in defeat, but sometimes we spend so much timeline arising the winners and labeling the losers, we looked beside the victory we all share in this crown jewel of democracy. You see, mr. Speaker this is a day to celebrate ...

He is the highestranking officer of the opposite party and therefore the spokesman for the other party, visavis the president. The speakers also have at various times had great power to bring legislation to the floor. That is handled by other committees, but with the speakers sayso. They control the agenda. The Majority Party controls the agenda and the speaker has the final authority. What qualities do you think make for a successful speaker . The best speakers through history have been those who have tried to find a way to be problem solvers, to be compromisers, to work with president s of t...