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[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 ...

The house selects Newt Gingrich as speaker of the house. [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen of the house, i first want to thank my democratic colleagues for their support and confidence. I noted that we were a little short. I appreciate your friendship and support. As you might imagine, this is not a moment that i had been waiting for. [laughter] when you carry the mantle of progress, there is precious little glory and defeat. Sometimes we spend so much time labeling the losers, we lose sight of the victory that we all share in this crown jewel of democracy. You see, mr. Speaker, this ...

And the longer i live, the more convincing proofs i see of this truth. That god governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid . at that point, the Constitutional Convention stopped. It took a day off for fasting and prayer. Then they went back and solved the great question of the large and small states, and they wrote the constitution, and the United States was created. If each of us will reach out prayerfully and try to genuinely understand the other, if we will recognize that in this buildi...

In 1999, incoming speaker Dennis Hastert allowed cspan to follow him around on his first day in office. We will see that footage in a few moments, along with his openingday remarks. First, what was his political reputation among his republican colleagues . What made him an attractive candidate to be speaker . Dennis hastert came in with the gingrich revolution, and some of the problems that caused new to exit so quickly in 1999. There was a lot of healing that needed to be done. Hastert was someone who was wellliked by the republicans. He had been in congress 12 years. He was a wrestling coach...

They cost us republicans three senate seats. We were poised to win nevada delaware and colorado where the incumbents delaware wasnt an incumbent, but mike cassell was running and hes tremendously popular, the tea party came in, the people did not participate in the primaries to the degree they should have, and the tea party nominated unelectable nominees in all three states and handed the democrats three seats they would not have otherwise had. In 2012 they handed the democrats three more with scary candidates. In 2010 it was the candidate who ran her Campaign First televised ad saying, i am n...