After months of adjusting to life in the minority, congressional Republicans have begun to show some life. They’ve thwarted the Democratic majority on one issue after another throughout the summer and early fall, and in recent weeks, the GOP appears emboldened by recent debates over children’s health care and intelligence gathering and a showdown over federal spending.

Even President Bush seems to be engaged unlike ever before — appearing yesterday at the White House with House GOP leaders to lecture Congress for its failures. It’s quite evident that spirits are brighter on Capitol Hill these days for Republicans, and there’s no better example of that than Rep. Adam Putnam’s speech to the caucus today.

The speech is getting so much buzz that I’ve decided to reprint it in its entirety on RedState.