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Committee. we appreciate you being here this morning. you know, your district is an important, interesting one politically. of course, this is a district that was won by president obama twice, and then the president won it in 2016. do you share what seemed to be, to us at least, from the outside, increasing concerns from some of your fellow democrats in districts like yours, in swing districts that they don't have the backing of enough constituents to vote to impeach the president? >> look, you're always -- you're always mindful whether you're representing the people who sent you to washington...

Not less partisan weaken your case to the american people? >> well first, one big point, i mean the founders didn't write into the constitution, you know, treason, bribery, other high crimes and misdemeanors as long as it polls well in swing states. what are we talking about? the fact there's an abc news poll out this morning that shows 70% of americans believe the president did something wrong. and the majority of americans in every national poll i've seen, including fox news, says the american people support the impeachment inquiry. look, my district voted for the president. it gives me no p...

But what we have right now is the burden of proof on the democrats and they can't show it. >> we've seen democrats shift from quid pro quo to bribery because it polls better. can you have a bribe if the other party doesn't know they're being bribed. what we've seen is the ukraine's ians didn't know they were being bribed. >> if the resi recipient of thd is objec oblivious to the quo -- they're looking for any excuse, any pretext to impeach the president. they're consisten conjuring stuf thin air. >> jason, have you ever had a hearing run by either party where it's based on somebody's feelings?...

Over $250,000 or $400,000 polls very well. now, the fact it polls well doesn't peen the wealth tax itself proposed by sanders and warren is a good idea. you've got someone like larry sanders, a former treasury secretary is making the argument it wouldn't raise the money that she's talking about, it might not be successful. so there are meritorious arguments about the wealth tax itself. but it is odd to hear them coming from the affected class. >> i don't know i'd buy those arguments, right? i used to work on wall street and the wealthiest traders lived in manhattan and they voluntarily paid hi...

Over 250,000 or 4,000 polls very well. now, the fact that it polls well doesn't mean the wealth tax itself as proposed by warren and sanders is a good idea. you've got people like larry somers, former treasury secretary, he's not conservative, making the argument that it wouldn't raise the money that she's talking about. >> right. >> it would distort behavior. it might not be successful. so there are meritorious arguments -- >> i don't know that i buy those arguments, right? i used to work on wall street and the wealthiest traders lived in manhattan and voluntarily paid higher taxes because th...