host: judy chu with us from california.ou can ask us questions at (202)-748-8000 for democrats, republicans, (202)-748-8001. independents, (202)-748-8002. how speaker pelosi speaking about the topic of the tax returns this morning. i will have you listen to what she had to say and get your response. [video clip] >> how far would you go on that front? could you hold the secretary of treasury steven mnuchin in contempt? some democrats have raised the prospect of arresting the treasury secretary if he does not comply. rep. pelosi: let me say we do have a little jail in the basement of the capital. [laughter] but if we were arresting all of the people in the administration, we would have an overcrowded jail situation and i am not for that. getting to the committee , the chair of the mate -- of the ways and means committee, he has a path and again, all of unprecedented. one of our options is to go directly to court. >> it is probably going to be settled in court? is the way wehat are going to do it. host: if court is the first p

joining me from california is california democrat representative judy chu, a member of the house ways and means committee. good morning to you. thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you very much for having me. >> as you know, the chairman of your committee has issued a subpoena to basically try to get irs treasury to turn over tax documents not just his personal tax forms but i understand business as well. this is something, of course, you could ask for without a subpoena. so what's the reason for a subpoena? >> well, a subpoena is one more tool in the toolbox, and it demands that those trump tax returns be turned over. the subpoena's been issued to the department of treasury cabinet secretary mnuchin as well as irs commissioner charles reddick, and it says that the tax returns must be turned over by friday. if not, then the house counsel can request that we go to court and we can accelerate the court process even sooner, which may be a very good thing. >> it looks like you were headed to court anyway, right? >> that is right. there is a difference between answering the court

joining us now, congressman jim himes of connecticut and congresswoman judy chu of california a member of the ways and means committee. thank you for joining us tonight. great to have you here. >> thank you. >> congresswoman chu, i want to get your reaction to the news that the treasury secretary steve mnuchin will not comply with chairman neil's subpoena for trump's taxes because you sit on the ways and means committee that has subpoenaed those taxes. your reaction, please, to steve mnuchin refusing to comply with that subpoena. >> i said to myself, here we go again. this is the third request for trump's tax returns. they once again have not complied. but there is a difference with this request. it is a subpoena. so it does allow us to go to court, and one of the options is indeed for house counsel to ask the speaker to have a vote on going to court. and we could be in court as soon as next week. as we saw with the subpoena issued by congress member elijah cummings, they already have had a court hearing, and there is some possibility that those documents that they requested will come

host: molly reynolds with the brookings institution, in your california democratic congresswoman judy chu talks about the efforts to obtain president trump's tax returns. holding attorney general barr in contempt of congress. be sure to watch "washington journal," live at 7:00 this morning. join the discussion. >> a look at our live coverage wednesday at 10:00 a.m., the house meets for general speeches with legislative business at noon. two at 8:00 a.m., house speaker nancy pelosi discusses her legislative priorities. that is followed by the senate returning to debate judicial and executive nominations. at 8:00 p.m., president trump holding a campaign rally in panama city beach, florida. on c-span three, debating a resolution to hold attorney general barr in contempt. eastern, border security officials testify at a sub committee hearing. the complete guide to congress is now available. it has details about the house and senate for the current session of congress, contact and informationion, and about congressional committees, state governors, and the cabinet. 2019 congressional directory

in california democratic congresswoman judy chu talks about the efforts to obtain president trump's tax returns. and a discussion on holding attorney general barr in contempt of congress. washingtonwatch journal, live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. coverage at our live wednesday. at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, the house meets for general speeches with legislative business at new. on the agenda, a set of bills that include expanding access to broadband internet. at 8:00 a.m., house speaker nancy pelosi at an event hosted by the washington post, followed by the senate returning to debate several judicial and executive nominations. at 8:00 and, president trump holding a campaign rally in panama city beach, florida. and on c-span3, the house judiciary committee debates holding attorney general to embark in contempt for not providing an unredacted rip -- unredacted copy of the motor report. and a senate judiciary subcommittee hearing on border security. >> sunday on q&a, journalist and book a goods american family, captures the fear and paranoia of the red scare du

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