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Speaker Boehner delivered the following remarks tonight at the Economic Club of New York on Jobs, Debt, Gas Prices.

Chairman Tisch, thank you for that introduction.  And thank you for the chance to be here.



Let me start by expressing my admiration for what you do.  You come from many different backgrounds.  But you're united by a common interest in the prosperity and security of our nation. 



Last night marked one week since the operation against Osama bin Laden, the man who orchestrated the horrific attack upon this city nearly 10 years ago.



Bringing justice to Bin Laden was an important moment for America and all of the free world.  But the challenges that lie ahead here at home remain formidable. 



I'm grateful for the opportunity to share my thoughts tonight on how we need to address those challenges together, as a nation.



I came to be Speaker of the House by way of small business. 
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Before I ran for Congress, I was president of a small business in West Chester, Ohio -- Nucite Sales.  We were manufacturers representatives in the packaging and plastics industry.



But Nucite wasn't my first life experience with small business.  That came earlier, when my brothers and I grew up mopping the floors of Andy's Cafe, a tavern outside of Cincinnati established in the 1930s by my grandpa, Andrew, and run for decades by my dad, Earl.



It would be fair to say I'm not from around here.  I come from a working class family of what you'd call Kennedy Democrats.  I have 11 brothers and sisters. 



These experiences taught me a lot, long before I entered government service.

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