--- description: Ryan will serve if he can be a "truly be a unifying figure" title: Read Paul Ryan's Full Statement on His Conditions for Serving as House Speaker image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20a1affe825975ed/69886923a988caf95d6b4e4f/4934693382.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Congress](/tag/congress/) ## Congress Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read Paul Ryan's Full Statement on His Conditions for Serving as House Speaker by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 21, 2015 2:03 AM CUT  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](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 21, 2015 2:03 AM CUT Below is the full statement from Paul Ryan on his conditions for 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"}}]}] ```