Bill Pascrell: “We were promised higher wages from the Republican tax cuts, chapter and verse.”

I am proud to say that SAFER awarded more than $5 billion to departments to hire, recruit, and retain firefighters. These grants are amongst the most effective in the entire Federal budget. Fire departments rely on the Fire Administration…

I am glad the budget includes finally closing the carried interest loophole, maybe the worst loophole in the entire tax code.

So I am proud of our efforts to make big business and rich tax cheats finally pay their fair share. What the heck is wrong with that? And we have made progress.

Today I unintentionally missed one roll call vote. Had I been present, I would have voted: No on Roll Call No. 319, Amendment No. 64. Amendment No. 68 Offered by Mr. Tiffany The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a…