Political Quotes

Charles Rangel: “I would ask the chairman, what makes the Byrd law so powerful that it is one of the few Democratic legacies that we have…”

On the recordMay 16, 2001
I would ask the chairman, what makes the Byrd law so powerful that it is one of the few Democratic legacies that we have that the gentleman has not dismantled? Everything else we believed in, in health care and Social Security and education, the gentleman found it so easy to say that we are now in power and this is where we can show you what we are going to do. When did the gentleman first find out that the gentleman had the power to change the Byrd amendment?
Said by
Charles Rangel
Democratic · New York
Source
govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the significance of the Byrd law during a discussion on Democratic legacies.

Share

Share on XShare on FacebookEmail this quote

More from Charles Rangel

Jun 16, 2021

We could bring a halt to this condition which is killing off American youth.

congress.gov
Sep 12, 2016

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.

congress.gov
Jul 12, 2016

Technology is the new international language.

congress.gov
Jul 12, 2016

I wish I could staple them to every town hall meeting that I attended just so that you can shatter the fear and the ignorance of people not having the slightest idea as to where our country is going with trade.

congress.gov
View all Charles Rangel quotes

Other voices in this conversation