Charles Rangel: “I have never felt more proud as an American, but more so in being a Member of this Congress during this historic time…”

“I have never felt more proud as an American, but more so in being a Member of this Congress during this historic time, where we have dealt with the problems in Europe, we have dealt with the problems of Asia and Central and South America, and now this beautiful, rich continent that tries so desperately hard to struggle out of poverty has now started moving towards a fair market economy, democracy, and all of the things that we said were necessary in order to be trading partners with the United States. Now that she has done those things, and we see the progress that has been made in the sub-Saharan countries, I think that we are just about to give her a chance to prove that she can compete with the best of the countries, given the opportunity.”