that was representative luke messer on capitol hill. we will be in open phones for the remainder of today's washington journal. policy.out any public including education. there are the phone numbers on your screen. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independent line, (202) 748-8002 . host: let's hear from lewis in california. caller: good morning. i want to make a comment about politics, itself. our people in this country -- the government always will be -- beingd not tolerate attacked for their business when it comes to managing money in this country. when it comes to managing money in this country, you don't need the lobbyists. you need your government. the richest five of this country is to dominate. other culture should be supporting these high-paying lobbyists to cannot relate and cannot manage. they have their local people who have enough education to work and represent their own states. it is nothing but money dominated and it is interfering with common decency. all of these institutional practices. host: fin

for more on mike pence's visit to the capitol and race to the white house, i want to bring in luke messer he was in that closed-door meeting with mike pence. hi, senator. >> great to be on. >> tell us more about that meeting, first off. you're from indiana, you know governor pence very well. what did he say in that meeting to try to win people over? >> mike was my predecessor in congress. that was a mike pence room. he's worked with many of those folks and they know him to be a person of faith, a person who has a proven conservative record. i think mike was there to assure folks that when they're supporting the trump ticket, they're supporting a set of ideal that are consistent with what our caucus stands for. he emphasized the importance of who gets to appoint the next three supreme court justices, the importance of a stronger national security and, frankly, from our perspective, the importance of just not electing hillary clinton as the next president. >> you were a jeb bush supporter initially. you said you will support the republican nominee but you haven't done a full-out endorsement