those bonds and build up those friendships like there used to be in the past. a longer week, people were less likely to fly home to their districts. in part because you weren't necessarily painted as a washington insider in a lot of ways in congress used to be a good thing. it used to be something that meant you could get things done for your district. now it's looked at as a bad thing. people want to be out of here all the time. scalise is a member of leadership. sorry to keep doing this, but i'm going to keep looking over my shoulder. he's somebody who's going to have a lot more contact with members particularly on the republican side. but on both parties, many members would have themselves. so if you're a republican from texas and a republican from california, may not have as much to say to each other. but steve scalise. how was it? >> it was awesome. >> reporter: well, very brief comment there from speaker ryan he's working his way through the hallway not talking. but he said it was awesome. awesome to have steve scalise back on the floor. i'm sure we'll hear that over and over. >> it looked genuine.