Bill Pascrell: “Your first responsibility and my first responsibility is to the country, not to any political party, not to any…”

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

I agree to some degree with my brother from Pennsylvania, Mr. Kelly, that the law and your heart are two different things.

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

I missed 8 roll call votes today. Had I been present, I would have voted: Roll Call 235, Ordering the Previous Question for H. Res. 1269, NO; Roll Call 236, Passage of H. Res. 1269, NO; Roll Call 237, Bost Amendment No. 8, NO; Roll Call…