they ask me to consider it, then i'll consider it but that's months away from that kind of decision being made as far as i know. i like my job. i think i can make a big difference doing what i'm doing because i think we have a fiscal crisis on our horizon and i feel like i've played a constructive role in preventing that from happening. >> in 1998, he was elected congressman of wisconsin's first district and he was just 28 years old and then house republican leaders realized ryan was a budget wiz. they moved him up the seniority line quickly vaulting him over 12 more senior republicans on the budget committee. >> the committee will now come to order. >> in 2011 at the age of 41, ryan became the youngest chairman of the house budget committee. which brings us back to his budget plan. ryan sees it as a pivotal point in the 2012 election. >> we knew that if we offer solutions, they were going to demagogue those solutions but we feel we have a moral obligation