Charles Rangel: “For those of you wondering what this phony hearing is really all about, you ought to look no further than tonight's…”

We want to know how many of these cases there is some evidence of wrongdoing, whether it is criminal or not. And we want, categorically, immediately, the disposition of the 75 cases.

Listen, you have 600 cases... That are in question. You know where they are.

We all understand the law. We, together, are a part of government. We answer to constituents.

If they can't give us any idea how long it would take to repair this emergency situation--which stains the government, it stains the executive branch, and it stains us--maybe we should set a date for our next hearing.