Charles Rangel: “Members have heard how we have tried to come together and work together with the diversity that we have in the…”

“Members have heard how we have tried to come together and work together with the diversity that we have in the Democratic Party, in hoping that if we were going to have meaningful legislation, that no one party can do it, it takes Republicans and Democrats coming together and doing what is best for the American people, not just someone just singularly saying that they are going to deep-six the Code. In our recommittal, we say that it has to be fiscally responsible. We do not want to have the reputation of closing down government. We say that it has to be fair. We say that it has to emphasize simplicity, and it has to encourage economic growth and competition. We have certain things that we think are so important in the Tax Code that we hope that Members would vote for what the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Tanner) has contributed to, and that would be the Boyd- Tanner-Rangel-Stenholm recommittal motion.”