Steve Scalise

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Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, the No. 3 ranking House member, speaks with elections officials as he signs up to run for re-election on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte) **FILE**

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Incoming House Majority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise, Louisiana Republican (left), talks with Majority Leader-elect Rep. Kevin McCarthy, California Republican. Mr. Scalise was seen as the choice of conservatives eager to install a voice of their own in the upper ranks of leadership. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., who leads a conservative faction of lawmakers in the Republican Study Committee, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 19, 2014, after the House Republican Conference elected him to be the new House majority whip, replacing current whip Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who was elevated to majority leader. Scalise was in a three-way race with Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., and Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

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**FILE** Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, center, flanked by Rep. Joe Pitts, R-Pa., left, and Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

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House Republican Study Committee Chairman Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., center, speaks at a news conference to introduce the American Health Care Reform Act, the group's legislation to replace the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. From left are Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn., Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., and Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-NC. The Republican Study Committee works to advance a conservative social and economic agenda in the House of Representatives. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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**FILE** Rep. Steve Scalise, Louisiana Republican, speaks at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., on March 15, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), Chairman, Republican Study Committee, speaks at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (C.P.A.C.) held at the Gaylord National Hotel, National Harbor, Md., Friday, March 15, 2013.(Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), Chairman, Republican Study Committee, speaks at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (C.P.A.C.) held at the Gaylord National Hotel, National Harbor, Md., Friday, March 15, 2013.(Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), Chairman, Republican Study Committee, speaks at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (C.P.A.C.) held at the Gaylord National Hotel, National Harbor, Md., Friday, March 15, 2013.(Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Rep. Steve Scalise, Louisiana Republican and chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) held at the Gaylord National Hotel, National Harbor, Md., on Friday, March 15, 2013. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)