with all due respect, regardless of who the the president is, we have a right to this information, and when you begin to take a look at this man, the president s history in the past, this is not a democrat or republican thing. this will weaken the congress if we don t stand up, and i can assure you not only the members of the ways and means committee that are republican, but the rest of the republicans in the house of representatives and the senate have backed off their responsibilities. they should be ashamed of themselves. congressman bill pascrell of new jersey from the ways and means committee. thank you, in part, i want to say for explaining what happens when receiving that stuff in executive session and voting whether or not it can be made public. keep us apprised as this lawsuit moves forward. i will. thanks for being here. we ll be right back. -guys, i want you to meet someone. this is jamie. you re going to be seeing a lot more of him now.
throne, the enablers, to mnuchin and reddick who didn t have the guts to come forward because that s how the request goes, to the head of the irs. and they backed down and basically thumbed their nose at the article i part of the government. we exist. and by the way, we are article i. president s article ii. with all due respect, regardless to who the the president is, we have a right to this information, and when you begin to take a look at this man, the president s history in the past, this is not a democrat or republican thing, this will weaken the congress if we don t stand up, and i can assure you not only the members of the ways and means committee that are republican, but the rest of the republicans in the house of representatives and the senate have backed off their responsibilities. they should be ashamed of themselves. congressman bill pascrell of new jersey from the ways and means committee. thank you, in part, i want to say for explaining what happens
today they went to court. the ways and means committee in the house today filed a lawsuit to get president trump s tax returns. the trump administration has been refusing to hand them over despite the fact that there is black letter century-old law that says they have to hand over those tax returns when the committee chairman makes that request. this lawsuit today caps a long process. one member of that committee, in fact, made his first formal request for the president s tax returns 2 1/2 years ago, less than two weeks after donald trump s inauguration. the congressman who did that, who has been on that from the very beginning is bill pascrell of new jersey. and congressman pascrell joins us now. thanks for being here. good to be here, rachel. why has this been so important for you from the beginning? you were really on it from the very start. because and i wanted it to be a nonpartisan thing. i sent a letter to kevin brady, who was the chairman at the
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
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. in your lunch bag. sandwiches o-o-only. yeah! yeah, well if you use progressive s name your price tool, maybe you could use the savings to buy a decent suit. i got this jaime. you could throw shade all day but it ll never land cause we got the name your price tool in the palm of our h-a-a-and mic drop.