"I want to thank you all for inviting me to speak. It was especially gracious of you to host me, even though I'm a Packers fan and I assume most of you are Bears fans. But that doesn't mean we can't work together. As chairman of the House Budget Committee, I stand ready to do whatever it takes to help you re-sign Jay Cutler.

"I'm here to talk about the economy today -- about the need to get four quarters of strong, consistent performance.

"That wasn't another Jay Cutler joke, I swear. It could be, but it's not."