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New house speaker paul ryan won -- or took -- hard to say exactly what happened there -- but he won his leadership position by promising to make changes and get things done. >> we need to move from on opposition party to being a proposition party. because we think the nation is on the wrong path, we have a duty to show the right one. our next speaker has to be a visionary one. >> in his first order of business, speaker ryan declared that he will not allow a vote on comprehensive immigration reform bill as long as president barack obama is in office. i'm not exaggerating or extrapolating or inf...

Think key is to offer the country a very bold alternative, a bowled agenda how to solve this country's problems. i think that's how we unify. >> how much rope do you give the freedom caulks? a lot of members are getting a lot of heat for just supporting you. >> i think the is it key is we need congress is it working as the founders intended. that's number one. number two, i think it's very important we are a successful opposition party, not only do we use the tools that we have to be a successful opposition party, but we have to, number three, be a proposition party. this is where we have fall...

We don't like the direction the country is headed. we don't like the direction the president is taking the country. and so we have to be an effective opposition party, but most importantly, number four, i think that means we have to be able a proposition party. we have to be the alternative party. if we don't like what's going on, we owe it to the people of this nation, to our constituents, a bold, specific and clear agenda, vision for how we would do things differently and that is what a good alternative party looks like. >> you're now the face of this so is this you that has to do this? you'...

And so we have to be an effective opposition party, but most importantly, number four, i think that means we have to be able a proposition party. we have to be the alternative party. if we don't like what's going on, we owe it to the people of this nation, to our constituents, a bold, specific and clear agenda, vision for how we would do things differently and that is what a good alternative party looks like. >> you're now the face of this so is this you that has to do this? you're in the middle of a presidential campaign. >> i see this as a joint effort. >> it's an awkward time. you're the fa...

About in the past. this is not a place where you can get big ideas done. how do you change that? >> i completely disagree with that. >> when was the last big idea? >> this is the people's house. >> right. >> where people come to serve your country. if you don't like the way the country is headed you have an obligation to the people who sent you here to change it. >> that's true historically. how does that happen? >> i cannot pick up where john left off. that is why, in discussing this with my house republican colleagues, we all concluded jointly that this has to be done differently. that's why...