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Charles Rangel: Mr. Speaker, I do not care how much time they give my friend, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Lazio), to speak. He has…

On the recordMarch 9, 2000
Mr. Speaker, I do not care how much time they give my friend, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Lazio), to speak. He has to be pretty hard put to find any bipartisanship on the tax provisions in this bill. We can rest assured if there was any attempt, we would not find 90 percent of the tax cuts going to 10 percent of the highest income people here. If we did have a bipartisanship, we would not find three-fourths of the tax cuts going to the highest income people. Let me say this to my friend, the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Hayworth). He came pretty close to calling one of our colleagues a liar that was speaking. He came very, very close. I do hope that a reflection on the Record might bring out the best that he has in his personality and his character so that we can continue to work together as friends in this legislature, notwithstanding the TV shows that he watches.
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Charles Rangel
Democratic · New York

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Discussing tax provisions and bipartisanship during a House floor debate.

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