Charles Rangel: “a special thanks to Jim Clyburn, our Whip and leader, for reaching back to pay tribute to an American that so often…”

“a special thanks to Jim Clyburn, our Whip and leader, for reaching back to pay tribute to an American that so often people forget what one can accomplish in this great country if they are willing to work hard. You know, Mr. Clyburn, I knew the world famous owner of Sylvia's when she was a waitress at a restaurant just one block away where she anchored her success, and she and her husband came together and went to South Carolina, two friends, in order to get the money necessary for her to start her own future. Mr. Woods, and we just lost him a few years back, would be up at 3 and 4 o'clock in the morning with that truck, going to the produce markets, picking the best vegetables, and then she would have her children and now her grandchildren, all a part of this wonderful family, and now that she's reached a point that her products are sold in supermarkets and throughout the world and that she has acclaimed a great deal of attention from tourists all over the world as these tourist buses are lined up, it doesn't surprise anybody to see Sylvia there asking these customers that she probably will never see again in life, How did you enjoy the meal and what can we do to help? So let me thank you on behalf of all of Harlemites, even Congressman Gregory Meeks from the borough of Queens, who has to admit that coming from Harlem means a special thing to us, because he was one of us before he lost his way.”