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Representatives-- >> i would want friends. neil: and this all happens the same week that al franken came back and spoke on the floor of the senate last night to protest the tax cut so he's trying to rebuild himself there, so far so good on that front. john conyers, maybe not so much and the house thought eventually he'll be forced out or at least force today resign. 's saying no to that, but you get the gist here, there are a lot of controversies and scandals, a couple of other congressmen who sent lewd photographs of themselves have opted not to run for reelection. it seems like a mess. what ...

Want to see the results. >> but you don't think he needs to step down? >> as of now i think it's appropriate that there be an ethics inquiry. he's made it clear again today that he is, to quote him, ashamed. it's appropriate to have the ethics inquiry. and that's how i think he ought to go forward. >> all right. senator ron wyden, ranking member on the senate finance committee. thank you so much. be sure to tune in tomorrow night for a special cnn debate on the current state of the tax bill. the vote is just days away. i'm going to moderate with dana bash as ted cruz and tim scott face off a...

It's tilted in favor of the multi national corporations and to some extent it's just a con job. it's a con job on the middle class, it's a con job on young people, it's a con job on seniors because medicare would take a hit. what we want is a bipartisan bill. i've written two of them. democrats are going to making it clear in the next two days that's our preference. we think it's doable and the route we ought to take. >> i have to ask you about your fellow democratic senator al franken. he had a press conference talking about how he needs to do better but he's not stepping down. what do you ma...

Election, in a free and fair democratic election, that she should at least give a bullet point of the crimes that she alleges he has committed? she hasn't. >> i think that she has alleged the same things that parties on both -- people on both parties have said. we need to have a free and openn and fair inquiry into a number of things that rise to the level of being objectivelyd questionable. the back channels of pressure, the continued ongoing meetings with russia that were not on the record -- >> tucker: none of that is a crime. >> we need to talk about that and have a -- >> tucker: holy smok...

Visited with the young man who did what he did that led to reginald denny's death years later. we know that she did visit with his family. i'm not defending that action by congresswoman waters because it is indefensible. but for those who participate in the public sphere, like you and i do, over a substantial amount of time, we all have things that we probably wish we wouldn't have said, and i'm sure she would like to have a get back. but she does have it -- >> tucker: is there any evidence of that? >> she has a substantial record of public service, as a civil rights advocate, civil libertier ...