Paul Ryan elected House speaker

Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speaks in the House chamber after being elected speaker on Oct. 29, 2015. At 45, Ryan is the youngest House speaker in nearly 150 years.

Newly elected House Speaker Paul Ryan salutes outgoing Speaker John Boehner in the House chamber on Oct. 29, 2015.

Newly elected Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, r-Wis., receives the speaker’s gavel from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Oct. 29, 2015.

Newly elected Speaker of the House Paul Ryan stands with outgoing Speaker John Boehner at the Capitol on Oct. 29, 2015.

Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., walks into the House chamber on Capitol Hill on Oct. 29, 2015, the day he was elected speaker.

2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, center left, sit in the House gallery on Oct. 29, 2015, as Rep. Paul Ryan is voted in as the new House speaker.

Newly-elected House Speaker Paul Ryan, escorted by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, walks into the House Chamber on Oct. 29, 2015, following the resignation of John Boehner.

Outgoing House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio wipes his eyes as he gives a farewell speech from the House floor on Oct. 29, 2015.

Outgoing House Speaker John Boehner holds up a box of tissues after a farewell speech from the House floor on Oct. 29, 2015.

Republican speaker of the House nominee Paul Ryan talks with other congressmen before the vote for speaker on the chamber floor on Oct. 29, 2015.