ryan, for 30 minutes. mr. ryan: thank you, mr. speaker. i appreciate the opportunity and just want to say thank you to my colleague from ohio, ms. kaptur, for her great words and congressman crowley, who was here a little bit earlier, for his good words as well. i'm starting tonight a segment that i am calling america 2.0. i think we are in the midst of obviously some chaos in the united states. in washington, d.c., and in so many communities across the country that feel we are disoriented with our politics, disconnected from our politics. that we are disoriented around the idea of what's happening in ur economy, globalization, automation, all of these things have dramatically affected the american economy. and american wages. and standard of living. we have actually seen, mr. speaker, over the course of the decline, rs, a huge a sucking out of middle class wages, that have went primarily to the top 1%. i'm not here to bash rich people. i'm not here to make any enemies. but i think it's important and instructive for us to look at where we