during that time more influence and more room with those voters than any of those other voices had. he had this unique opportunity to do anything he wanted when he got into the white house. they are gaveling in right now. let s go back in and take in everything that s happening on the floor. the speaker-elect, nancy pelosi of the state of california. [ applause ]
to build a better future worthy of their sacrifice. and we must honor and respect the aspirations of our children. elections are about the future and what we do for our children s future. so thank you, all, for making the future better for all of america s children. god bless you! god bless america! thank you all very much. i suppose she could be referred to as speaker-elect of the house of representatives. nancy pelosi of california. while i m sure she didn t mean it this way, she just said let s hear it for preexisting medical conditions. that s a heck of a quote. anyhoo, we ll rush to a break and come back with more of our election returns as we cover this momentous night of american politics still playing out from
coming in. thn isn t necessarily a place that is going to rise up around jeb bush. they know marco rubio a little bit more recently. that said, the establishment in the state has risen up around jeb bush. you re going to see more evidence of that today when marco rubio s former chief of staff and the speaker-elect, speaker designate of the florida house, endorses jeb bush here. kind of a shot the a rubio there. the broader question that you raise is the really critical one. they think if they go back to his florida record, focus on what he did here, ultimately voters are respond to that. excerpts of that speech include kind of a dig at marco rubio saying that this is not the time to take a risk on somebody who just talks about reform instead of somebody who s actually done it. in this election cycle people are responding to that rhetoric, the idea of something new, idea of being angry. whether or not bush is able to successful sell this idea that he can go to washington and iffics it w
therefore the honorable paul b. ryan having received the majority of votes cast is duly elected as speaker of the house. mr. speaker and mr. speaker elect. paul d. ryan of the state of wisconsin. thank you. thank you very much. welcome back to hardball. that was the scene earlier today at the u.s. house of representatives where speaker john boehner handed the reins over to paul ryan. here s boehner on the house floor. i m especially grateful to all my constituents.
the sergeant-at-arms announcement there, the minority leader nancy pelosi, will present the speaker-elect. and then he will address the members of the house and then after that, we will see the oath of office. and ryan will no longer be speaker-elect, he will be the house speaker. his family in the gallery above. his mom is there. his three kids and his wife janet, from wisconsin. [applause]