off on hiring. >> so will washington work in 2015? i'm joined by two senators. welcome back to "meet the press." let me start with the steve scalise story. should he serve in leadership as a representative of the republican party? >> if he talked to this group and it seems there is confusion if he did or not, it's a grave mistake on his part. but -- >> grave is a sdrong word. >> i think it's a grave mistake to speak to the group. he's a congressman. he's a democrat, african-american, he said steve doesn't have a racist bone in his body and i'm going to stick with that. >> you are comfortable with -- this adds to a str row type of the republican party. >> well the democrats do want to paint this. i got back from wyoming. this has not come up as a discussion point. people want to talk about the new incoming republican leadership in the senate, majority there, jobs, the