close Bessent flips script on shouting Democrat: 'No wonder people are leaving Illinois' Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Ill., and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent get into a shouting match during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on Thursday. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was shouted at during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing this week by a Chicago-area Democrat amid a heated exchange over the Trump economy. Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Ill.,