“If you had a job, and every day you're going back home and telling all your friends how horrible your job is and how horrible your employer is, after a while, they're going to start believing you. And then at some point, they're going to start questioning you and say, 'Why, if it's so bad, are you doing it?'”

American politician

Stephen Joseph Scalise is an American politician and Republican Party member. He has represented Louisiana's 1st congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2008 and has served as House majority leader since 2023. He was House majority whip from 2014 to 2019 and House minority whip from 2019 to 2023. His public role is rooted in congressional leadership, especially in the House, where he has held senior party positions for many years.