--- title: Paul Ryan's Full Statement on Running for House Speaker description: Ryan will serve if he can be a "truly be a unifying figure" canonical: https://time.com/4080753/paul-ryan-house-speaker-full-statement/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-21T02:03:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T11:57:00.252Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Paul Ryan's Full Statement on His Conditions for Serving as House Speaker og:description: Ryan will serve if he can be a "truly be a unifying figure" og:url: https://time.com/4080753/paul-ryan-house-speaker-full-statement/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20a1affe825975ed/69886923a988caf95d6b4e4f/4934693382.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 20: Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks following a meeting of House Republicans at the U.S. Capitol October 20, 2015 in Washington, DC. Ryan has said he is willing to be the next Speaker of the House if all House Republicans endorse h og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Paul Ryan's Full Statement on His Conditions for Serving as House Speaker twitter:description: Ryan will serve if he can be a "truly be a unifying figure" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20a1affe825975ed/69886923a988caf95d6b4e4f/4934693382.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Paul Ryan's Full Statement on His Conditions for Serving as House Speaker by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Oct 21, 2015 2:03 AM UTC  Rep. Paul Ryan speaks following a meeting of House Republicans at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Oct. 20, 2015. Rep. Paul Ryan speaks following a meeting of House Republicans at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Oct. 20, 2015.Win McNamee—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Oct 21, 2015 2:03 AM UTC Below is the full statement from Paul Ryan on his conditions for running for House Speaker: --- > “” --- Paul Ryan's Full Statement on Running for House Speaker ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4080753/paul-ryan-house-speaker-full-statement/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4080753/paul-ryan-house-speaker-full-statement/"},"headline":"Read Paul Ryan's Full Statement on His Conditions for Serving as House Speaker","datePublished":"2015-10-21T02:03:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:57:00.252Z","description":"Ryan will serve if he can be a \"truly be a unifying figure\"","url":"https://time.com/4080753/paul-ryan-house-speaker-full-statement/","keywords":["Congress"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20a1affe825975ed/69886923a988caf95d6b4e4f/4934693382.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20a1affe825975ed/69886923a988caf95d6b4e4f/4934693382.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 20: Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks following a meeting of House Republicans at the U.S. Capitol October 20, 2015 in Washington, DC. Ryan has said he is willing to be the next Speaker of the House if all House Republicans endorse h","caption":"WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 20: Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks following a meeting of House Republicans at the U.S. Capitol October 20, 2015 in Washington, DC. Ryan has said he is willing to be the next Speaker of the House if all House Republicans endorse hi","creditText":"Win McNamee—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4080753/paul-ryan-house-speaker-full-statement/","name":"Read Paul Ryan's Full Statement on His Conditions for Serving as House Speaker"}}]}] ```