Charles Rangel: “I concur, Mr. Speaker, with the observations of the chairman as to the content of this bill. Naturally, this is the last…”

“I concur, Mr. Speaker, with the observations of the chairman as to the content of this bill. Naturally, this is the last day of the 109th Congress, and I do hope that the new majority would at least learn how not to legislate. Most of the Members have no clue as to what is in this bill. This is a late hour. There is certainly far more good in it than bad. I wish we had seen fit to have been able to get the New York Liberty Bond 9/11 relief converted to a transportation infrastructure, which was stripped from this bill that passed the House before. There are other things in this bill, and I assume those people who are asking for time will be discussing them. Mr. Speaker, as of now, I reserve the balance of my time.”