Charles Rangel

One would listen to this debate and believe that it's only Democrats who have an economic problem that we're facing. It's almost embarrassing to listen to the minority talk about the deficit and not even explain how we got into this…

As we listen to the partisanship as it relates to the capture of terrorists, as we listen to the partisanship as it relates to oil spills, and as we listen to the partisanship as it relates to trying to repair our economic work on Wall…

There is no question in my mind that in his heart, he wants what is best for Puerto Rico and what is best for the United States of America. [...] It is so truly unfair to respect our flag and respect our citizens and to tell them that they…

I want to appreciate the remarks that Sheila Jackson Lee has just made... Time is going to record that there have been a lot of people who have struggled to make this country all that she can be.

And on this historic occasion, I guess those of us who have served so long in the Congress hope and prayed that this day, this night will come. And, of course, a lot of us are concerned how we will be remembered. When you reach my age…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I really can't understand how this discussion is dealing with Republicans and Democrats. When someone loses his job and loses his health care, loses his dignity and pride and ability to take care of his or her rent…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Madam Speaker, my colleagues, one of the lowest points in my political career was when I asked for a leave of absence from the chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee. I had thought at that time with my…

Common sense dictates that members of Congress should not be held responsible for what could be the wrongdoing or mistakes or errors of staff, unless there's reason to believe that the member knew or should have known.

And, in order to avoid my colleagues having to defend me during their elections, I have, this morning, sent a letter to Speaker Pelosi, asking her to grant me a leave of absence, until such time as the Ethics Committee completes its work.

Common sense dictates that Members of Congress should not be held responsible for what could be the wrongdoing or mistakes or errors of staff, unless there's reason to believe that the member knew or should have known.

In order to avoid my colleagues having to defend me during their elections, I have this morning sent a letter to Speaker Pelosi, asking her to grant me a leave of absence, until such time as the Ethics Committee completes its work.

Charles Rangel, he's the chairman of the House Ways and Means committee, and he says he will be admonished tomorrow by the House Ethics Committee for accepting Caribbean trips from a corporation.

I want to thank my colleagues, and especially Dr. McDermott, for bringing this piece of legislation to the floor to give some assistance to American citizens who found themselves in Haiti during this tragedy. This comes under the Social…

I close this on the high note that America has shown its greatest, especially in this Congress. I want to thank Scott Murphy, a new Member, for insisting that we move forward on this. Of course, the Republicans, Mr. Herger and Mr. Camp…

Madam Speaker, all of us have witnessed this horrendous event that has taken place on our continent; and I know that, whether Republican or Democrat, we all want to be able to do whatever we can to ease the pain of these poor people…

Whether you call it a tax, everyone agrees that it's going to increase the cost to the consumer.

The majority party at this point, pending an ethics committee report on Charlie Rangel, has said, 'Listen, we're going to wait for this report.'

Mr. Rangel says he's the victim of a media -- a media smear campaign and is confident he will be cleared.

Mr. Rangel says he's the victim of a media smear campaign and is confident he'll be cleared.

Because the allegations have been made by newspapers reporters and I asked the Ethics Committee to review it and report back to the Congress.

We are grateful to Congressmen McDermott and Rangel and the members of the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support...

We are not going to make a dent in any of this because we are not measuring outcomes properly.

It is not working for Blacks. It is not working for minorities. It is not working for our country.

I think we have a great opportunity not to talk about how we got here, but this darn thing isn't working.

If we can deal with that problem, then they won't have the other end to worry about as to whether or not his sentence and the disparity should or should not exist.