congressman morten griffith of virginia. he s a member of the house freedom caucus. thank you for joining us. you ve been of the two most important meetings of the night. the meeting of the full group of house republicans with paul ryan and then later a freedom caucus meeting. let s start with the meeting with paul ryan. did you leave that meeting ready to support paul ryan as speaker? well, this is an important decision not only for the house and congress. and while i heard some interesting things about paul ands i thought were important, i want to sleep on it. give it time to consider mature consideration. certainly paul said some very good things and i appreciate that. i do need to sleep on it. i used to tell clients when i was practicing law, go home and sleep on that before you make a final decision. that s what i m going to do this evening. how did the discussion go in the freedom caucus meeting after the paul ryan meeting.
the meeting of the full group of house republicans with paul ryan and then later a freedom caucus meeting. let s start with the meeting with paul ryan. did you leave that meeting ready to support paul ryan as speaker? well, this is an important decision not only for the house and congress. and while i heard some interesting things about paul ands i thought were important, i want to sleep on it. give it time to consider mature consideration. certainly paul said some very good things and i appreciate that. i do need to sleep on it. i used to tell clients when i was practicing law, go home and sleep on that before you make a final decision. that s what i m going to do this evening. how did the discussion go in the freedom caucus meeting after the paul ryan meeting. did he get support in that meeting? there s a lot of questions. we want to make sure the process is working fair.