Charles Rangel: “I come to the floor opposing the rule only because there's a provision in it that indicates that our delegates from all…”

“I come to the floor opposing the rule only because there's a provision in it that indicates that our delegates from all over the globe will not be allowed to exercise any of their voting privileges that they had earlier. And when my friend, Mr. Dreier, the distinguished chairman of this committee, indicated it was all symbolic, I just would hope that if we do get a chance to pull this out of the package and perhaps vote on this in a separate way, that you might see your way clear to understand that these Americans and citizens who volunteer and fight for this great country and support our flag, and in many cases have per capita more of their young people killed in action and wounded in action than those of us on the mainland, that I think it deserves a better classification than to say that it's respecting their friends and it's symbolic.”