that i tried this on february 27, march 7, they did it tonight. the vote tonight was like it was all the other nights, party line. tonight it was 223-183. only one republican congressman voted with the democrats, walter jones. all the rest of the republicans telling their constituents they think trump ought to release his tax returns, when they go back to washington they are not standing by that. joining us is congressman bill pascrell, a democratic member of the house ways and means committee. thank you for being here, congressman pascrell. rachel, thanks for your courage. we are talking about courage here. is this one of those things where you ll keep having the republicans vote on this? you re going to keep having the republicans try to put their money where their mouth is and you ll expect a different result? they haven t seen anything yet. we re doing it not only on the floor of the house, we re going to do it continuously in the ways and means committee which is one of thre
the world. we need to know who his partners are, where his money came from, how he s going to spend that money and if you re not hiding anything, mr. president, please, let us know what the story is. we have a right to know if there s any conflicts of interest and that goes for everybody in the executive branch of government. congressman bill pascrell, a member of the house ways and means committee pushing as hard as anybody on this issue, congressman thanks for being with us, keep us appraised, sir. thank you, sir, ma am. that s all right. i answer to both. it s actually convenient in really unexpected places, you d be surprised. we ll be right back. stay with us.
happened again tonight. for the third week in a row democrats in the house introduced a resolution telling the president to release his tax returns. that i tried this on february 27, march 7, they did it tonight. the vote tonight was like it was all the other nights, party line. tonight it was 223-183. only one republican congressman voted with the democrats, walter jones. all the rest of the republicans telling their constituents they think trump ought to release his tax returns, when they go back to washington they are not standing by that. joining us is congressman bill pascrell, a democratic member of the house ways and means committee. thank you for being here, congressman pascrell. rachel, thanks for your courage. we are talking about courage here. is this one of those things where you ll keep having the republicans vote on this? you re going to keep having the republicans try to put their money where their mouth is and you ll expect a different result? they haven t seen an
let us know what the story is. we have a right to know if there s any conflicts of interest and that goes for everybody in the executive branch of government. congressman bill pascrell, a member of the house ways and means committee pushing as hard as anybody on this issue, congressman thanks for being with us, keep us appraised, sir. thank you, sir, ma am. that s all right. i answer to both. it s actually convenient in really unexpected places, you d be surprised. we ll be right back. stay with us.
ever address a joint meeting of congress. lawmakers, aides, invited guests, packed the house chamber this morning as you saw. tens of thousands more watched and listened to his message from the west lawn of the capitol. the pope was fairly nonpartisan in his challenge to congress today, even as members wrestled over ideology and policy inside the chamber. so can the so-called francis effect and his call for open discourse and compassion take root in our fractured government? democratic new jersey congressman bill pascrell was in the chamber for the pope s historic speech. in fact, he was one of the members assigned to an aisle seat. my understanding is that you were there to prevent the handshaking and the gesturing and the selfies that we might have seen had you not been there blocking. is that right? well, i m now in the witness protection program. so you re absolutely correct.