You have got to clean your own house first before you tell other people that they aren't doing it right.

I was Speaker of the House in Florida, first Republican speaker in 120 years. And I totally dismantled the way this House worked and turned it around to what I believe is right.

Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.

The hardest house to clean is a clean house. If it's immaculate, you've got to show something better than you're walking into.

As a former minority leader who became the first Republican Speaker of the House in Florida since Reconstruction, I know that leadership is not an easy task.

I always think I have a chance, and I always give it all I've got.