Dem lashes out at Bessent during heated committee hearing exchange: 'Excuse me'

Del. Stacey Plaskett, D-Virgin Islands, lashed out at Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a tense House Ways and Means Committee hearing on Wednesday.

"Ma’am, that’s incorrect," Bessent said in a response to a chart displayed by Plaskett, which was referencing the cost of living, but the chart only went until February of this year.

"Excuse me. Let me get something straight with you first here. I've seen you interrupt everyone. When you come to someone's house, you respect their rules. And in this house, we don't interrupt individuals. And you're not going to interrupt my time," Plaskett said.

"I’m going to give you time to respond. You may want to jot down some notes about things you don’t agree with me on so you can respond to them at that time. But while I’m speaking, as the person holding this time, you will refrain from speaking, sir, until I’m done, until I’m...