ms. pelosi: i said he should resign. reporter: have you related that to him? ms. pelosi: i'm saying that to you right now. reporter: you mentioned the me too legislation that people are advocating for. do you support that retroactively? meaning settlements that already been reached would be publicized? reporter: to clarify, you did call for conyers ms. pelosi: what we're doing now we met with the house administration committee, some of our members who are democrats there. some members who have served on the ethics committee, which i have for seven years, and some of the -- our members who have introduced legislation, eleanor holmes norton, brenda lawrence, jackie speier or champion on this subject. now we'll hear from some legal experts on the subject as to what we can do. and then we'll broaden the universe of input that we have. then we'll see what that legislation looks like. but we're going to do as much as we possibly can for transparency , to your question, and also for how the victims are compensated. reporter: you support retroactivity? ms. pelosi: we'll se

ms. pelosi: it's about unmasking and not anything we could accept. but somehow or other, the chairman decided at the end he was going to put that in. this is a very big issue. nd a lot of equities to be raised and balanced when you are talking about surveillance and it respected privacy but enabled us to go collect and put the poison pill in. that's where it is now. thank you for asking about that. any other on -- i'll come to you. porter: a woman has come has called out conyers. how come you haven't called on him to re-sign? ms. pelosi: the allegations against congressman conyers are serious, disappointing and very credible. so sad. the brave women who came forward are owed justice. i pray for congressman conyers and his family and i wish him well but however, congressman conyers should re-sign. he served our congress for more than five decades and served on the most con see question sentional legislation. this is zero tolerance no matter how the legacy,. and in fact, it makes it even more disappointing. yesterday, the house took the irst step manda

ms. pelosi: i associate -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady can continue. ms. pelosi: i associate myself with the words of mr. hoyer when he said, look to your soul. not to your poll. want to speak to pope encyclical. he quoted the wisdom of st. augusta -- saint augusta. 17 centuries ago saint augustine said, a state which is not governed according to justice would be just a bunch of thieves . benedict went on to say, the state must inevitably face the question of how justice can be achieved here and now. and he cautioned against the danger of certain ethical blindness caused by the dazzling effects of power and special interests. interesting, in light of the fact that when this bill was brought forward, the director of national economic council, gary cohen, he said, the most excited group out there are the big c.e.o.'s about our tax plan. is that about justice? congressman collins said, my donors are basically saying, get it done or don't ever call me again. senator lindsey graham said the financial contributions will stop if this tax scam fails. well, he didn'

ms. pelosi: thank you, susan. you've answered the question, why, why would they take away this extraordinary medical deduction -- extraordinary medical expenses? why? to give a tax break to the high end. now we'll hear from captain john niemiec. john: good morning. my name is john niemic and i am a firefighter-paramedic with fairfax fire and rescue department. i want to share a few thoughts on why the impacts of this bill on the state and local tax deduction will hurt firefighters. first, i want to thank leader pelosi and mr. neal for holding this event and those elected officials in virginia's delegation who stood up for firefighters during this debate. in particular, i'd like to thank senators warner and kaine for their vote to preserve the state and local tax deduction when it came to the floor in late october. on the subject of s.a.l.t. i want to be clear, the current plan to cap the deduction would be devastating to the fire service. not just in virginia, but across the country. while fire departments are fun

ms. pelosi: good afternoon, everyone. while we are waiting, the next version of house the republicans in the house of representatives will rip off the middle class in our country. in the meantime, it was curious to see president trump in china. candidate trump said that what's happening in china trade was the greatest theft in the history of the world. and yesterday, he said, our trade deficit with china, which is huge, is not china's fault. you can almost hear the leadership of the chinese government laughing from china to america. maybe you can feel it coming through the ground because if you dig a hole here you will reach china. but the reverberation is so appalling, and i said yesterday, while the president is there with his entourage of c.e.o.'s cutting deals, the republicans in congress are here giving those same corporations, those same c.e.o.'s -- c.e.o.-led companies a tax break to ship jobs overseas. and that's why it's no wonder that gary cohn -- and i'll read it -- gary cohn said today the most excited group o

ms. pelosi, would you care to join us? ms. pelosi: i thank the gentleman. on behalf of the house democratic caucus, which really developed the better deal, it sprang from our membership with consensus, based on our values that keep us united for america's working families. that is the unifying factor in our democratic caucus in the house. mr. garamendi, i thank you for your diligence in always coming to the floor and speaking truth about the numbers, about what they mean to america's future and also about making it in america. and so much of that is violated by what the republicans have put forth. i thank you for starting with the budget, because a budget should be a statement of national values. what's important to us as a nation should be reflected in how we allocate our resources. that's how we democrats have always thought of it and acted upon it. that is not what is present in the republican budget on with which -- on which this tax cut, these taxes are predicated. would it be a statement of your values to take $1.5 trillion from medicare and medicaid

ms. pelosi: i said he should resign. reporter: have you said that to him? ms. pelosi: i'm saying that right now. reporter: you mentioned the me too legislation that you are advocating for. do you support that retroactively? meaning settlements should be publicized? ms. pelosi: we met with the house administration committee, some of our members who are democrats there. some of the members who have served on o the ethics committee, which i have for seven years, and some of the -- our members who have introduced legislation, eleanor holmes norton, brenda lawrence, certainly jackie speier our champion on this subject. now we'll hear from some legal experts on the subject as to what we can do. and then we'll broaden the universe of input that we have. and then we'll see what that legislation looks like. we're going to do as much as we possibly can can for transparency, to your question, and also for how the victims are compensated. reporter: then you support retroactivity. ms. pelosi: we'll see what the law will allow. it may be we have to add something to the bill t

ms. pelosi: thank you. journaln's "washington ," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up, fred upton discusses the future of the daca program. talkssusan delp on a about tax reform efforts and shore. be sure to watch "washington journal." tuesday, the senate finance committee continues its review of the tax reform plan. live coverage at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3 come online at c-span.org or on the c-span radio app. the senate finance committee began consideration of the bill to change the u.s. tax code. this is the first of what is expected to be a four-day process to amend and approve

ms. pelosi: i associate -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady can continue. ms. pelosi: i associate myself with the words of mr. hoyer when he said, look to your soul. not to your poll. want to speak to pope encyclical. he quoted the wisdom of st. augusta -- saint augusta. 17 centuries ago saint augustine said, a state which is not governed according to justice would be just a bunch of thieves . benedict went on to say, the state must inevitably face the question of how justice can be achieved here and now. and he cautioned against the danger of certain ethical blindness caused by the dazzling effects of power and special interests. interesting, in light of the fact that when this bill was brought forward, the director of national economic council, gary cohen, he said, the most excited group out there are the big c.e.o.'s about our tax plan. is that about justice? congressman collins said, my donors are basically saying, get it done or don't ever call me again. senator lindsey graham said the financial contributions will stop if this tax scam fails. well, he didn'

ms. pelosi: if your family live in a state, any state and don't want your income taxed twice, you lose. if you plan to live past 65 and need medicare, you lose. hidden in the pames of the ryan-mcconnell bill are devastating plans to raise taxes on working families by dismantling state and local tax deductions, encouraging corporations to shift jobs overseas. this is important. shipping jobs overseas costs you less than creating jobs in america. offshoring jobs at the expense of the american worker. $1.5 trillion in tax breaks for corporate america this all goes together. it's a package for corporate america. $1 ppt 5 trillion in tax breaks for corporate america. the same exact amount they cut from medicare, $500 billion, medicaid, $1 trillion. $1.5 trillion from medicare and medicaid, $1.5 trillion gifts to corporate america and the additional gift of lowering the cost of shipping, making it cheaper for them to shift jobs oversea than create jobs in the united states. even after ransacking all the middle class benefits, republicans are still adding trillions to the deficit. scheming to

ms. pelosi decided to simply not do their job. so they can blame it on the tweet. i'm never familiar with the tweet you are referring to. there are all sorts of reasons to say no. what they need to do is step up and say yes to doing their job and keep the government up and running. the majority leader is exactly right. this is the bill that we fund the troops in harms way in places like afghanistan and iraq. is completely responsible to turn your back on your responsibilities. i hope they will reconsider. >> in 1986, it took the better part of a year to pass wide -- widespread partisan support. anthis is completely illusion. we have been working on tax reform literally for 30 years, since the 1986 tax reform. we have had 70 hearings over the senate finance committee and a lot of working groups and white papers. a lot of work has gone into this. some of the very provisions which senator schumer and senator wyden have complained about, we have plucked from their own legislative proposals. so there is hypocrisy given the rhetoric they are using. >> [indiscernible] tha

ms. pelosi: thank you for being here this morning. thank you. hank you for coming. come over here.

ms. pelosi: veterans depend highly on it. and contend dra mentioned it. and why,? tax o have an unfair policy to the been si of billionaires to send jobs overseas. we welcome michael smith. . i worked nearly five years and have unemployed today because nabisco because of my job at the backry sent to mexico. it happened because our trade and tech last meak it easy to outsource our jobs. during the last years' election, heard politicians say it was time to bring jobs home. but i see this tax bill and here's what it says. and from now on, a u.s. company will pay no taxes in the united its on its profits from mexican plant where my job went. but it will pay profits here in the united states, about 0%. what we did think will happen, what do you think will happen to my brother and sisters who work under these rules? these tax bills want to move jobs out of the united states. we cannot believe this. so let me say to the people who wrote this bill. you must think i'm more than a chance to make some more money and so it is, forwarded with the same understanding of my co-wor

ms. pelosi decided to simply not do their job and they can blame it on the teat and i'm not familiar with the truth that you are referring to but they're all are sorts of reasons to say no but what they need to do is step up and say yes to doing their job keeping the government up and running. the majority leader is exactly right. this is the bill with which we fund and pay for the troops that are now serving in harm's way like in afghanistan and iraq in this is one example. it's completely irresponsible to turn your back on your responsibilities and i hope they will reconsider. >> [inaudible] >> i'm going to ask senator kuhn to complete the answer and this is a completely illusion. we been working on tax form for 30 years since the 1986 tax form and we had 70 hearings before the senate finance committee and a lot of working groups, white papers and the like and a lot of work has gone into that and as a matter fact some of the very provisions that senator schumer and senator wyden have complained about the have plucked from their own legislative proposals so there's more than a little hyp

ms. pelosi: the door is certainly open for us. in 2005, right now we had president bush down to 38%. that's approximately where president trump is now. that opens the door. that means we get the fresh recruits and they get the retirement. we get the 2018 and the candidate is very important in the election. mr. schumer: wait, wait. in 2005 i was head of the dscc. and you could smell a wave coming. the results last night smell exactly the same way. our republican friends better look out. >> and we'll bring you more of that news conference with congressional democrats just a few minutes from now when the house returns for vote, they'll be voting on changes to the agency that manages hydropower licensing. live coverage in moments here on c-span. >> 50 years ago the united states was at war in vietnam and this veterans day weekend, american history tv on c-span3 looks back with 48 hours of coverage. starting saturday at 8:00 a.m. eastern, we're live from the national archives. among the back drop of three vietnam era helicopters, to talk with veterans who flew them. from 11:30 a.m. to 1:0

ms. pelosi decided to not do their job.t they need to do a step up and say yes to doing their job and keeping the government running. >> democrats have tried to flex their muscles noted their votes are needed on issues such as spending and debt. they are needed in the senate where most major pieces of legislation require 60 votes and they are only 52 republicans and schumer has rattled off a laundry list of items he wants included in his spending bill such as cost-sharing reduction e hurricane relief money and a debt ceiling increase. other democrats have pushed for addressing the status of children brought to the country illegally. >> you don't have two18 votes to pass a budget and you need our help? you know we are ready, willing to keep the government open. >> schumer and pelosi asked their republican counterparts for a late afternoon meeting. g.o.p. leadership sources say the meeting was at the white house. they skipped it, so no side meeting. >> bret: mike emanuel live on the help. thanks. secretary of state rex tiller

ms. pelosi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. s. pelosi: thank you very much to the gentleman from philadelphia, from pennsylvania. mr. brady. thank you for your leadership. thank you, mr. chairman harper, for yours as well. thank you for bringing this legislation to the floor. here it is. november 28, 2017, an historic day in the history of the congress. a water shed moment in our congress' history because it is a day in which we will take the opportunity to make change. this body is taking a constructive first step to protect all members of our legislative community from harassment and discrimination in the workplace. this vote is vital to upholding the integrity of the u.s. congress. 're grateful for the tremendous leadership of congresswoman jackie speier. i have observed her leadership on this subject for a very long tremendous leadership of time. she has a lifetime commitment to exposing and ending the scourge of sexual harassment. i thank her for that leadership. i want to also acknowledge my own daughter, christine pelosi, t

ms. pelosi said. adding there should be zero tolerance in the house.ou have this from usa today that mr. conyers will cooperate with the next fix -- with the ethics inquiry. washington times, their headline paid out oners said sexual allegations does not equal guilt. that is from his statement that he released yesterday where he said in this case i expressly and vehemently deny the allegations made against me. and continue to do so. my office resolve the allegations with the express denial of liability in order to save all involved from the rigors of protracted litigation. that should not be lost in this narrative. mr. conyers went on to say the resolution was not for millions of dollars, but for an amount that equated to a reasonable severance payment. the detroit free press this morning editorial is out and they say mr. conyers should step down immediately. they wrote this. he has been undisputed hero of the civil rights movement, a legislator of uncommon influence and power and an aging icon with death his felon his wife and sometimes confounding --

ms. pelosi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. s. pelosi: thank you very much to the gentleman from philadelphia, from pennsylvania. mr. brady. thank you for your leadership. thank you, mr. chairman harper, for yours as well. thank you for bringing this legislation to the floor. here it is. november 28, 2017, an historic day in the history of the congress. a water shed moment in our congress' history because it is a day in which we will take the opportunity to make change. this body is taking a constructive first step to protect all members of our legislative community from harassment and discrimination in the workplace. this vote is vital to upholding the integrity of the u.s. congress. 're grateful for the tremendous leadership of congresswoman jackie speier. i have observed her leadership on this subject for a very long tremendous leadership of time. she has a lifetime commitment to exposing and ending the scourge of sexual harassment. i thank her for that leadership. i want to also acknowledge my own daughter, christine pelosi, t

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ms. sloan has told me." amy: pelosi went on to criticize the process for reporting sexual harassment in congress, saying -- "i have not had the opportunity to speak with the other women, one of whom cannot speak publicly because of the secretive settlement process in place. that ridiculous system must be ended and victims who want to come forward to the ethics committee must be able to do so." this came one day after pelosi called congressman conyers as an icon who deserves due process during an interview on nbc's "meet the press." >> we are strengthened by due process. just because someone is accused, is it one accusation or two? john conyers is an icon and our country. he is done a great guilt to protect women, violence against women act that the right wing is now quoting him and praising him for his work on that and he did great work on that. amy: so congresswoman pelosi has called for due process for her colleague congressman conyers and also called the process that a "ridiculous system" that must be ended. that sys

ms. sloan has told me. is pelosi's initial statement, was that party over principle?id someone just get into her ear and talk some sense into her? or can you explain perhaps the difference between the two? >> it's a great question. i think we live, sadly, in a culture that silences victims. and for the past 20 years, i've been researching traumatic stress and working clinically with survivors. and i think what they must want what i most hear from them is they want to be heard and believed. and that was not an example of hearing and believing women. although i believe she quickly, you know, recanted that and came forward and said she does believe women. but these are -- these are difficult times for all of us, but victims should be believed. >> angela lansbury also said something this morning that caught my attention. this is what she told britain's radio times, that women, quote, must sometimes take blame for sexual harassment. we have to own up to the fact that women since time in memorial have gone out of their way to make themselves attractive and unfortunately it

pelosi adding an written statement, "i find the behavior of ms.ong described unacceptable and disappointing. i believe what ms. sloan has told me. i have not had the opportunity to speak with the other women, one of whom it cannot speak publicly because of the secret of process in place. that ridiculous system must be ended." that her actions and i came under pressure, after she took heat from the left and the right. look at this, editor laura mcgann tweeting "nancy pelosi went on national tv and went through a list of excuses that are the very reasons women are afraid to report sexual harassment in the first place." then, matt schlapp suggested the real reason that she was soft on conyers because she is a survivor, and knows she can't lose support and a black caucus, so she is gentle with conyers. it's always about power. speaking of power, several men in both parties are trying to hold onto it. in addition to conyers, who has now stepped out from a top democratic spot on the house judiciary committee, but is not resigning his seat, to house repu

welch, leader pelosi, and ms. brooks. and, again, members of the committee are welcome to provide their testimony from their seated position on the dais, or from the witness table, whichever is your preference. and mr. johnson, i'll recognize you for three minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate this discussion about an issue that is so vitally important. it is no secret that america is in the midst of an opioid crisis. last year in my home state of ohio alone, about 86% of overdose deaths involved an opioid. this epidemic can be felt in virtually every community across the country. and today i want to share a story that will shed some light on some of the good work being done by people in my district to help combat the opioid epidemic, and to perhaps let everyone know about some of the positive things that are taking place. recently i had the honor of visiting field of hope, a faith-based nonprofit treatment facility in southeastern ohio that assists area families ravaged by poverty and drug abuse. field of hop

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ms. pelosi: if your family live in a state, any state and don't want your income taxed twice, you lose. if you plan to live past 65 and need medicare, you lose. hidden in the pames of the ryan-mcconnell bill are devastating plans to raise taxes on working families by dismantling state and local tax deductions, encouraging corporations to shift jobs