Charles Rangel

if the Republicans want to have reform with results, if the Republicans really want to give some aid and assistance and comfort to the working poor, if the Republicans want to give a $1 increase in the minimum wage and at the same time…

let me join in congratulating the distinguished chairman of the Committee on Rules. His honesty in terms of opposing the minimum wage for the lowest working employees is really to be commended for coming forward and saying it, because like…

For someone to say that Democrats are against any tax cuts, they obviously did not read the substitute. We have $36 billion worth of tax cuts here. The only difference is that we give a clear, no-tax status to those people who have estates…

Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, Yogi Berra says, it is deja vu all over again, and here we are again. It is another month. We saw the February tax bill, and now we have the March tax bill. This one cuts $120 billion out of the tax base with no…

Mr. Speaker, I do not care how much time they give my friend, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Lazio), to speak. He has to be pretty hard put to find any bipartisanship on the tax provisions in this bill. We can rest assured if there was…

I guess it was in June of 1950 when I was with the 2nd Infantry Division at Fort Lewis, Washington, when we heard that there was a police action in Korea. In July and August of that year, we were sent to Korea in a troop ship. Most of us…

when the President recommended relief for the marriage penalty, everybody in the House understood and agreed that we should do it. Then the President asked the Republican leaders to please come over to see which areas of the budget they…

I would answer the gentleman's question by saying that the chairman does not talk to Democrats about anything concerning tax policy.

I will be a minority for a long time but not in this House. I joined the gentleman in supporting the rule because he was fair enough to allow us to do the right thing in the substitute, but one of the arguments against our bill is that it…

I agree with the Speaker that this is a serious problem that we face. The President of the United States agrees, and God knows if the majority wanted to take care of this and not want a political issue that was going to be vetoed, they…

No. I only want to do what is right for the people, regardless of their registration.

Mr. Speaker, the difference between H.R. 6 and the Democratic alternative is that H.R. 6 is going to be vetoed and the Democratic alternative can be signed into law. When the chairman had his blank sheet up there saying that this would…

Well, here we go again. My friends on the other side of the aisle want to give away surplus revenue before the surpluses even materialize. I support marriage penalty tax relief. I will save the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Weller), my…

Mr. Speaker, it is so unfair to use political labels like tax and spend. We are very anxious to work with the majority to get a budget and to get this thing done right, but if they just want a political issue they have it. Mr. McDERMOTT…

Mr. Speaker, I have a copy of that Joint Committee on Taxation report and it says, yes, that there is zero under the Democratic plan. If the Republicans have no budget, if the Republicans do nothing for Social Security, if the Republicans…

Mr. Speaker, I am certain that newspapers around this country have been able to see through what is a Valentine's Day gimmick. The truth of the matter is that even in our local Washington Post, the editorials would indicate that we are not…

The real issue of the Democratic alternative is this: we say that, first, one deals with protecting Social Security, and then one deals with protecting Medicare, and then one deals with paying down the debt of this country. When that is…

If we can find out how much it costs, and make certain we take care of Social Security, we can work it out together.

I did not mean to infer that he wanted to bend the Constitution so badly that we would suffer from it now and in the future. But in the period of time that we are living today, where terrorism is actually a threat to our everyday life, I…

Enhanced trade will create an expansion of economic opportunities that are urgently needed to preserve our region's stability by creating employment and encouraging international and domestic investment.

as we approach consideration by the U.S. Senate of legislation to build a stronger trading and commercial relationship between the United States and the nations of the Caribbean Basin and Africa, it is good to be reminded by the leadership…

The enactment of CBI is the single most important thing that the United States can do to assist in the long-term development of Central America and the Caribbean region.

Enhanced trade opportunities for the region will bring a win-win situation for U.S. and Central American businesses.

Conversely, a lack of trade benefits will postpone the prosperity of our region, and our democratic institutions could be threatened if governments fail to meet the expectations of the people.

I would have to agree that the gentleman from Florida is clever, and I do hope we can use his ingenuity as relates to the interstate sale of guns. Because, clearly, we ought to have as much concern about these dangerous weapons as we do…