so -- >> true. paul ryan rose to national prominence, brooke, rose to the speakership on the strength of what the ryan budget, what was the underlying principle there? our debt, we were spending too much. our debts were getting out of control. we needed to make hard choices to reel those in. that was in 2010. >> we have some of that sound. let me play some of that. this is from a few years ago, aka yesteryear. >> what we have here is a spending gusher that will keep on gushing and they have no plan to get this fiscal house in order. we are can cutting spending. ever heard that type of statement around this town before? we really do believe that the value of this republican majority has been a change to this culture. we want to balance the budget. they don't. we want to restrain spending. they want to spend more money. we think taxpayers have given enough to washington. >> who -- who -- who is leading