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In this April 30, 2014 photo, Rhode Island House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, center, stands near reporter Jim Baron, left, and House spokesman Larry Berman, right, on the floor of the House Chamber before going into session at the Statehouse, in Providence, R.I. Mattiello is a centrist Democrat and former majority leader whose meteoric rise to the position followed the downfall of Gordon Fox. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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In this April 30, 2014 photo, Rhode Island House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, applauds as guests are introduced during a recess on the floor of the House Chamber at the Statehouse, in Providence, R.I. Mattiello is a centrist Democrat and former majority leader whose meteoric rise to the position followed the downfall of Gordon Fox. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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In this April 30, 2014 photo, Rhode Island House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello laughs on the floor of the House Chamber at the Statehouse in Providence, R.I. Mattiello is a centrist Democrat and former majority leader whose meteoric rise to the position followed the downfall of Gordon Fox. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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In this April 30, 2014 photo, Rhode Island House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, left, speaks with Rep. David Bennett, D-Warwick, right, on the floor of the House Chamber at the Statehouse, in Providence, R.I. Mattiello is a centrist Democrat and former majority leader whose meteoric rise to the position followed the downfall of Gordon Fox. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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In this April 30, 2014 photo, Rhode Island House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, right, greets Martha Aktchian, of Cranston, R.I., left, on the floor of the House Chamber at the Statehouse, in Providence, R.I. Mattiello is a centrist Democrat and former majority leader whose meteoric rise to the position followed the downfall of Gordon Fox. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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Gordon Fox stepped down as Rhode Island House speaker after an FBI raid. (Associated Press)

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An FBI investigator leaves the office of the Rhode Island House Speaker Gordon Fox at the Statehouse in Providence, R.I., Friday, March 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)