Charles Rangel: “if the Republicans want to have reform with results, if the Republicans really want to give some aid and assistance and…”

“if the Republicans want to have reform with results, if the Republicans really want to give some aid and assistance and comfort to the working poor, if the Republicans want to give a $1 increase in the minimum wage and at the same time give substantial relief to the employers that will be required to do this, they would support the motion to recommit. Why? Because they would know that this motion to recommit would send to the President a bill that would do these things, and it would be a bill that would be signed by the President of the United States. I know that many on the other side do not like the President. The question is, do they care for the American people and the working poor? He is still the President, and we have to work with him until the end of the year. If we want any bills at all to pass, we should be cooperating with Democrats and the President in order to get it done. They just cannot pile $122 billion on a tax bill and forget the $5 trillion debt that we have and just move on, thinking that ultimately, before the year's end, they would have accomplished in piecemeal what they could not do last year with the $800 billion tax cut. Mr. Speaker, I am suggesting that we do have an opportunity to vote on the motion to recommit.”