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Charles Rangel: “Thank you again, Dr. McDermott, Mr. English, and all of those that I know everybody in this House is sensitive to the…”

On the recordJune 11, 2008
Thank you again, Dr. McDermott, Mr. English, and all of those that I know everybody in this House is sensitive to the plight that these unfortunate, hardworking people find themselves. All I can suggest, from a very political point of view, is that at some point when we get home, somebody is going to ask us how did we vote? And as they put together their budgets and try to figure out the rent, the mortgages, the tuition, the gas prices, I just hope that you perfect the arguments of those of you that oppose this bill in such a way that you expect they would understand what the heck you are talking about.
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Charles Rangel
Democratic · New York

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Discussing the impact of legislative decisions on hardworking individuals during a House debate.

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