Charles Rangel: “Mr. Speaker, I was so moved by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Traficant), the previous speaker. But just let me say this…”

“Mr. Speaker, I was so moved by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Traficant), the previous speaker. But just let me say this, it seems as though the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Archer), chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, in his remarks to this august body, referred to the tax proposals of the Vice President of the United States. It may be parliamentarily proper to do that, but I do not think we want to hear anything about Vice President Gore's tax proposals on this floor because I will be tempted, tempted to bring up Governor George W.'s tax proposals. But because of my affection for my Republican friends, I would not want to offend or embarrass them and to have them to run away from them on the floor. So let us confine ourselves to our legislative responsibilities.”