Charles Rangel: “I just want to give assurances to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Wolf) and the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hall) that I…”

“I just want to give assurances to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Wolf) and the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hall) that I will be working with Mr. Houghton and the gentleman from California (Mr. Thomas), the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, not only on the legislation but on our trade ambassador to make certain that he is giving this a priority. When it reaches the point that we can meet together, see where we are and then if we do not get the type of response that we believe is adequate, then you can depend on me working with the committee and the chairman to see that this is done.”