"He was speaking to staying in touch with your constituents. . . making sure you're doing the regular communications as well as [recognizing] that there's often-time nuances to policy making and that it takes time," said Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., who worked in the Obama administration. "He told stories about passing the ACA, and how that took a lot of conviction and 'Don't ask, don't tell,' and how that took a lot of time."