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Charles Rangel: “We are getting closer to the truth. And if what the majority is saying is that somehow the chairman recognized that what…”

On the recordJuly 18, 2003
We are getting closer to the truth. And if what the majority is saying is that somehow the chairman recognized that what he did was wrong and rescinded that, we in that room had no idea that it was rescinded. The police had us in that room. They sent for their superior, and they sent for the Sergeant of Arms. The same person who came to tell us that the chairman wanted us to leave could have very easily come into that room and said that the chairman had changed his mind. That did not happen.
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Charles Rangel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Discussing a situation involving a chairman's decision during a committee meeting.

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