Charles Rangel: “We cannot wait any longer to act if we're serious in our economic development strategies.”

If I'm gone, quite frankly, I don't give a damn.

Once again, Mr. Chairman, I thank you for your insight in using the Oversight Committee to help us wrestle with some serious national problems.

I never mentioned subsidies. That is a dirty word, and I know it.

I am for national health insurance, but that doesn't mean to me that wealthy people can't kick it up to any notch they want for any other type of medical attention that they can afford.