Bill Pascrell: “I am confining my remarks to the question of privileges which I said last night. Mr. Speaker, I will not yield on that…”

“I am confining my remarks to the question of privileges which I said last night. Mr. Speaker, I will not yield on that issue. That is all I am doing--no more, no less. This is not a court. All I am saying is putting forth the rationale behind the resolution which I have put forth today--put forth yesterday and was read today. We have nothing but evidence to justify an examination, Mr. Speaker. This is not hot air. If and when such conflicts are revealed, I do not want to say to our constituents that we had the power to review these conflicts, but we did nothing. I for one do not want the integrity--my integrity, the integrity of my colleagues, and the integrity of this House--to be demeaned by such a shameful failure. That goes to the very heart in their own words of what of a privileged resolution is. To restore the dignity of the House, we must use our authority to request President Trump's tax returns and give the American people the transparency they deserve. My concluding statement is this, Mr. Speaker: I mentioned Vanderbilt before because that is a very powerful statement he made--a very rich guy. He felt he could do anything: The law? What law? I am all the power. This is not the United States of America, this is not our democracy, and this is not what Republicans and Democrats have fought for since they have been in this House and before.…”