Rep. Paul Ryan is now speaker of the House and the youngest to serve in 150 years. As he received the gavel from Nancy Pelosi, he vowed to make a fresh start to fix the "broken" House, as Fox News reports.

Ryan said he wants to lead a Congress that solves problem, not one that causes them. And with him as their leader, he made this promise to remove the "chaos" in Washington: 

We are not settling scores. We are wiping the slate clean.

So far, Ryan is taking a strong stance to try and unite Republicans and Democrats, even joking: "If you ever pray, let's pray for each other -- Republicans for Democrats, and Democrats for Republicans. And I don't mean pray for a conversion. Pray for a deeper understanding." 

"We are all in the same boat," the new speaker said, not noting the irony that the boat is seeking with a Congressional disapproval rate of 78 percent.

Ryan received a majority vote of 236. Time will tell if he is able to meet his goal of unifying everyone to agree on the looming budget deal.

In his final speech as outgoing house speaker, John Boehner came prepared with a box of tissues to have one last cry. 

"I leave with no regrets, no burdens," Boehner said. "If anything, I leave the way I started. I'm just a regular guy humbled by the chance to do a big job."

He added that while "freedom makes all things possible," it is "patience [that] makes all things real:"

So believe in the long, slow struggle.

And with that, he gave a wave of the tissue box:

Or is that a flag of surrender?