Charles Rangel: “Reserving the right to object, and I probably won't object, but if the chairman is asking to put in the Record the…”

“Reserving the right to object, and I probably won't object, but if the chairman is asking to put in the Record the people that support the awkward position that the majority has taken, my question would be, would we be allowed to put in the Record those people who are going through such economic pain and who so badly want to make certain that they don't get a raise in their taxes, would we be able to insert the letters that we get saying please don't come home unless you give us a tax break? I'm asking, maybe, the Parliamentarian whether or not I would be in order if I asked that. I certainly think the chairman is in order, but then we all have received so many letters from our constituents, it's painful, and I just wanted some equality in terms of how the Record would look years from now as to how we treated those people who are the most vulnerable. And I know we all are concerned about that, even though the 2 months may be inconvenient for the electronic way they do these things, but I think the pain will be far more severe for those people who would have a tax increase.”