Charles Rangel

not only does the staff here work in a bipartisan manner, but we also enjoy this long-term relationship with your staff, and we hope that that continues.

We do have a record of sorts in working together, and, with your help, we look forward to improving even on that.

I've been here over four decades, and I have never seen legislation just completely be ignored. I'm thoroughly convinced that the Republican majority are not the least bit concerned about health care, because if they were, they would have…

And everybody in the House of Representatives and the Senate, they know this.

It is my observation it is because they sent the wrong person here to answer.

Send a politician down here next time, Mr. Iwry.

If the President actually walked on water, I am certain that the Speaker's group would be saying that the President cannot swim.

Actually, most anything that the President wants, the majority party in the House, they do not want.

And how long was that? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts' time was charged 4\1/2\ minutes. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, a parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary…

Were the remarks of the gentleman from Missouri charged to the debate as it relates to the rule? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is correct.

You are a volunteer professional.

We really try hard to improve the quality of life for Americans

It is a part of good business, is it not, to make certain that the workers have access to health care?

And I want to join with the Chairman in his observation.

Let me first congratulate and thank my colleague, Congressman Fattah, for putting together this moment. I know this is going to be one of a series of tributes that we're going to have that reminds me how we all feel as we lose a dear…

First, let me thank Congressman Green for yielding to me the opportunity to speak out of order and to remind this body that, in a recent conversation I had with John Lewis, our hero and colleague, I asked him the question: Just what drove…

So the Chairman knows, or should know, that the targeting concerned liberal as well as conservative organizations.

Why is it that we don't know whether or not there were progressive groups on the BOLO lists?

It took the Supreme Court to remind us that when our young people put their bodies in harm's way, or even offer their lives for this great country, that notwithstanding their background, they don't do it for their color, for their race…

There appeared to be so much confusion before, but at least we know that the abuse was to both types of organizations, conservative as well as so-called progressives.

how come 'progressive' now becomes 'diversity' instead of what it is?

I am under the impression that the power of the multinationals that are enjoying this tremendous tax benefit is overwhelming and that people fear politically of interfering with these corporate desires.

Why in the world do you find, regardless of which party is in charge, that there doesn't appear to be any sincere movement to make that a priority?

We have a win-win situation here.

Discrimination and poverty is a very costly commodity, and the quicker that we can overcome that in the United States and in other countries, the better it is, I think, for the entire world.