Bill Pascrell: “Social Security is America's greatest achievement. We cannot let this hearing distract us.”

And I am not giving up because if we don't do that we continue to send the wrong message to the taxpayers.

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.

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

I regrettably missed the following roll call votes. Had I been present I would have voted: No on Roll Call Vote 387, Brecheen Amendment No. 24; No on Roll Call Vote 388, Brecheen Amendment No. 25; No on Roll Call Vote 389, Harshbarger…