Pascrell blasts Ways & Means Republicans on transparency, calls on administration officials to testify

Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), the ranking member of the House Ways & Means Trade subcommittee, on Wednesday blasted the panel’s Republicans for not calling an administration trade official to testify at a public hearing. “We have been asking this committee to hold more regular subcommittee hearings, so our meeting today is welcome,” Pascrell said in his prepared opening statement at a Wednesday hearing on the effect of tariffs on U.S. agriculture . “But I have to say we are deeply...