Charles Rangel: “as the dean of the New York State Delegation, let me say to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Forbes) you are a class act…”

“as the dean of the New York State Delegation, let me say to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Forbes) you are a class act no matter what party label that you have had, working with you in the delegation, always the first thing that you had as a priority was what was good for our State. And so, coming over to the Democratic side, we did not have to find out who you were. You were a quality Member there. And so, from what I hear, there is a life outside of the Congress and I am confident that God would bless you with good fortune for you and Barbara. And you can count on our friendship in the delegation and I might say on both sides of that aisle to guide and support you in whatever you decide. Godspeed.”