Outgoing Speaker Paul D. Ryan’s farewell tour continued Thursday with the unveiling of his House Budget Committee chairman portrait, commemorating the four years he spent at the helm of the panel. 

After current Budget Chairman Steve Womack pulled back the curtain on the portrait at a ceremony in the Capitol’s Rayburn Room, Ryan joked, “It looks like me.”

The Wisconsin Republican recalled taking the simpler route to choosing the artist for his portrait. Instead of looking at books and samples and doing interviews, Ryan told his staff, “I really like Dave Camp’s portrait, so why don’t we just get the person, the lady, who did Dave Camp’s, and that’s what we did.”

(Camp, a Michigan Republican who preceded Ryan as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, had his portrait unveiled in 2014.)

Ryan was impressed with artist Leslie Bowman’s finished work, thanking her for doing a “fantastic job,” before adding, “Not bad for a Minnesotan.”

House chairman portraits, with price tags ranging from $25,000 to $50,000, depending on the size and artist, are not paid for with taxpayer dollars. Instead, lawmakers are tasked with setting up private portrait fundraising committees to solicit donations. Those committees often work with the U.S. Capitol Historical Society to cover the costs.

Before the portrait unveiling, Ryan’s policy director, Austin Smythe, shared memories from his Budget Committee days, in particular, his boss’s irritation with the rising temperature in the room during hearings when it would be packed with members and staff. 

“It was way too hot for his Wisconsin blood,” Smythe said.

Their solution: window units. But the folks at the architect of the Capitol weren’t too keen on the idea and agreed to cool down the building.

“Next markup, man, did they come through. It was like an Arctic blast,” Smythe recalled. A member who worked on the floor below, angry at the sudden blasts of cold air, complained that his staffers had to wear winter jackets in the middle of April.

Ryan had a message for his fellow Republicans who will be facing life in the chamber’s minority next year.

“I actually look back, of the twenty years I served in Congress,” he said. “Four of the most enjoyable, pleasurable years, believe it or not, was in the minority.”

Katherine Tully-McManus contributed to this report.

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