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Charles Rangel: I think that our great country and its successes is really not just due to investments, but the investments that we have…

On the recordJune 29, 2010
I think that our great country and its successes is really not just due to investments, but the investments that we have in people who are willing to leave their home country to come to this country because they have hopes, they have dreams, they have the energy. And I don't know how you convert that into what makes America the giant that it is, but one thing is abundantly clear: everyone is trying to come to America, and no one is anxious to leave. This quality of believing in America and believing that you have the opportunity to succeed through hard work is one of the things that I think this recession, this setback, is costing us--something that we can never recover from--and that is the lack of faith.
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Charles Rangel
Democratic · New York
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Jun 29, 2010

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Rangel addresses the impact of the recession on American faith and opportunity.

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