Charles Rangel

Mr. Speaker, the moment of truth has arrived, and that is do we want to give relief to small business people in connection with estate taxes and to farmers, or are we really looking for a campaign issue; and that is that we force the…

Clearly, everybody knows if my colleagues had any concern at all about small businesses and farmers being protected by estate taxes, then my colleagues would have joined with Democrats and petitioned the President to sign a bill so that we…

there is some talk on the other side that there will be no financial impact on the Medicare trust fund. And this would be so if they could be trusted to put the money back in. The question has to be, did they take out the money in the…

Mr. Speaker, as we conclude this discussion, we do it in an atmosphere of partisanship, which is shameful. It is such an important issue to the American people, and especially to married people. Had I been invited to the conference, that…

I just ask the gentleman just one question; and that is, can the same Congress that passes this resolution today be the same Congress to ignore it in September? What we are doing today is just showing good intentions, and that is what it…

Mr. Speaker, this whole concept about if we do not give the money back to the taxpayers that it is going to be spent by the Congress, I do not know what is in the water on the other side of the aisle, but the Republicans happen to be in…

I wish we did not characterize the actions of the President of the United States. I thought that the distinguished chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means was about to discuss tax policy with us, but he was not discussing principle, he…

Mr. Speaker, this gives us an opportunity to take a problem that we recognize as a serious problem of equity, and that is if two people filing separately can get a better tax break than someone that is married, then it is not the fair…

I do not want to spoil the reputation of the chairman of the Committee on Rules by complimenting him on this floor too often, but it is strange and unusual that we would get a fair and equitable rule like this, and I would just like to…

My colleagues, the Democrats have a real plan to eliminate the unfair marriage tax penalty within a budget that continues to pay down our debt, that protects Social Security and Medicare, and allows for a prescription drug benefit that is…

Mr. Speaker, every time there is a good idea that we have in this House of Representatives, the Republican majority has to figure some way to find some wording that either it is going to be deep-sixed and never be brought to the floor or…

it just seems to me that, whether one is Republican or Democrat, that we all have at least the same concern for our older Americans who, as they get older, more susceptible to illness and pain, we have done a pretty good job with Medicare…

young Elian Gonzalez finally got back home to Cuba with his dad. I really think that this young man has, more than any one thing in recent history, caused the American people to focus on Cuba. I think the worst indictment that I can make…

I rise to commend President Kim Dae-Jung of the Republic of Korea for his historic efforts toward peace and reconciliation on the Korean peninsula.

On behalf of President Clinton, I will co-chair, with Veterans Administration Secretary Togo West, a Presidential Mission to Korea.

The 503d, a Black unit, lived up to its motto of 'We Can Do It,' serving with heroic valor in the face of relentless attacks by the enemy.

Today I pay special tribute to my brave and loyal Brothers who served in the 503d Artillery Battalion.

The Democratic substitute provides targeted tax relief for middle-class families, small business owners, and farmers without putting at risk or fiscal discipline, our investments in education, and targeted tax relief that we could be…

You people are not interested in passing laws to take care of the small farmer and small businesses. What you are interested in is politically a veto. If indeed you were concerned about helping the small family farmer and the small…

First of all, when we talk about the Caribbean Basin parity bill, the word ``parity'' means that we already had an agreement with these countries in the Caribbean. We already reached out to our neighbors in the area and said that we are…

But I know one thing that he will never, never challenge is the fact that any political party that holds a majority by only six, whether that is a Democratic majority or Republican majority, cannot even hope to reform the tax system unless…

the majority party clearly has shown their unity on the question of sunsetting and polishing the Internal Revenue Code at some time in the future, 2004. I guess that is pretty courageous to say on the eve of April 15 that they want to get…

Mr. Speaker, I hope I have not said anything to anger the Members on the other side. The only frustration that we feel is that it is very unusual for tax bills to come on the floor that are not sponsored by Members of the committee so that…

I was saying that this was a pig in the poke, p-o-k-e, and he was saying that this was reduced to writing, his proposals. It does not make it more accurate just because he has been able to reduce it to words. It is words that are…

when we are talking about justice, equity, and fair play, it is not right to call this a class war. While it is true that in the Republican tax bill, which basically came out of the Committee on Rules, that there are some democratic…