Patiently posing for a raft of selfies and joshing with lawmakers, former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo on Wednesday visited the Texas House to be honored by lawmakers for his work on and off the field.

Calling Romo "the best of small-town America" for the way the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback, from Burlington, Wis., went from an undrafted player out of Eastern Illinois to the helm of the squad known as America’s Team, Rep. Richard Peña Raymond, D-Laredo, wearing a Romo jersey, praised his exploits on the field — and said he thought that Romo, who is joining CBS, would be the best football commentator ever — even better than former Cowboys great Troy Aikman.

Romo, holding the speaker’s gavel on the House dais, beamed.

Rep. Helen Giddings, D-Dallas, called Romo "humble." And Rep. Armando Martinez, D-Weslaco, said that when he was recovering in the hospital earlier this year after being shot in the head by a stray bullet, his first thought was that he wanted to see Romo play football.

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Rep. Rafael Anchia, D-Dallas, announced, jokingly, that he thought he had heard that former Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino was being honored.

Romo, in one of his few pronouncements, leaned into the mic and said: "I’m more handsome."

Raymond, who drafted the House resolution honoring Romo, has also authored at least three pieces of legislation meant to ease the way for fantasy sports gambling in Texas — and Romo is aiming to host a fantasy football convention in Dallas this summer.

But Raymond said the resolution and his legislation "are not related" and that Romo did not talk with House lawmakers at all about fantasy sports.

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Raymond has proposed legislation that would designate fantasy sports as legal, skill-based games, in direct contradiction to an opinion handed down by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton last year deeming fantasy sports illegal gambling. The fantasy sports bills haven’t gained traction with less than a month left in the session.

Participants in daily fantasy sports contests pay an entry fee, create teams from a menu of professional or amateur athletes, and then compile points based on statistical performance, such as yards gained and touchdowns scored in football. Money is awarded to the owners of the top teams in the online games, which typically last one day to one week.

Richard Garcia, Jr., a 42-year-old from South Austin who was wearing a Romo jersey and watched the lawmakers’ accolades from the both the House and Senate visitor galleries, said he was disappointed Romo didn’t say more —and that he didn’t address gambling on fantasy sports. Ideally, he said, he would have gotten Romo to sign his jersey.

Romo, who was also honored in a Texas Senate resolution, made his way in and out of the chambers via routes not available to the general public.