Charles Rangel

being the senior member of the New York delegation is a great privilege, but one of the problems you have is that you have a responsibility to lead the tribute to say good-bye to so many New Yorkers who have served the delegation, the…

let me first congratulate all of the Members for taking out this special time to talk about the need for education. I was in my office, and just to listen to what the gentleman was saying, we would think this was a developing country where…

Mr. Speaker, it is one thing to be robbing from the old folks; it is another thing to have to bring in the President of the United States' embarrassing political position. Now, the President has said he is sorry, and I hope before this…

I, too, pay tribute to a remarkable individual that took the reins after one of our Members left, but she has given 24 years of her life to this committee and to her work and in every policymaking issue concerning trade, she was there from…

if I could have a statement today on this rule which I oppose, it would be to my dear friend and fellow New Yorker (Mr. Solomon). Because the gentleman from New York is leaving this great body, but he leaves with a great reputation as a…

I may be wrong, but I thought I heard some sense of partisanship in the gentleman from Texas' presentation on this bill, and I am going to try to restrain myself and try to remind my Republican friends that things that they are talking…

Earlier in the debate, somebody said the only difference between the bills is that I wanted 100 percent and the Republicans wanted 90 percent. That is not the only difference, because, in this substitute, we take that 100 percent, not just…

because these Treasury notes, these notes that will be in the Federal Reserve are always redeemable, they are not at risk. And if they ever became at risk in the Federal Reserve Bank, it would mean the Republic would be bankrupt.

I had thought that my Republican colleagues wanted to go into this election based on their legislative record, having changed the Washington National Airport to Ronald Reagan Airport. I thought you could go and win with that. But it looks…

I do have to agree on this bill that the chairman of the committee as well as the Senate have shown an extreme bipartisan effort to bring about changes that were needed in the Internal Revenue Service. I really enjoyed working with the…

Mr. Speaker, I am so surprised that my Republican friends on the Committee on Ways and Means, the tax writing committee, have distanced themselves so far from this bill. This is a tax bill. No one challenges that this is a tax bill. My…

Members have heard how we have tried to come together and work together with the diversity that we have in the Democratic Party, in hoping that if we were going to have meaningful legislation, that no one party can do it, it takes…

If this is really the best campaign gimmick the majority can come up with, we are not in as bad a shape as I thought we were. I think it is shameful that we should try to play a hoax on the American people and have them believe that we are…

I am reminded that when Dr. Frankenstein created his monster, he went immediately to trying to get rid of it. And, so, as the Republicans pass this tax bill, this is the same bill they want to pull up and pull up by the roots. Gentlemen…

all of us are going to miss my friend from New York and the chairman of the Committee on Rules. He is leaving this august body with his charm and his wisdom; certainly he is going to leave a vacuum. But I hope he does not put out the…

And so now we have really reached the epic in legislation without Members. I made a mistake. I really thought it was just the Speaker and the Committee on Rules. It is just the Speaker and the Speaker, as a matter of fact. All that must be…

Well, Mr. Speaker, the chairman well knows that there was a time that both the gentleman and I thought that we could not accomplish things in conference that we were able to do. While it is true that we had to look at a potential veto that…

It is true that there is no direct benefit to the private school as a result of this, but it does take away from revenues as a result of the tax credit that can be used by parents who do send their children to private school. And while it…

I had really thought that my colleagues that sit on the Committee on Rules understood substantively what would be in the bill so that when they bring it to the floor, the people have a better understanding as to whether they want the bill…

Shame, Mr. Chairman, to think that politics would be brought into this debate. Why, I am just shocked and overwhelmed that the majority would even mention politics in the dialogue on such a sensitive subject. Mr. Speaker, there is no…

first let me join those who regretted to hear the leaving of this battlefield from one of our great warriors, someone that speaks his mind and has very strong convictions. Mr. Speaker, I was interested in identifying to the gentlewoman…

Does this resolution that sets up this committee, does it provide anything about the solvency of Social Security? Are they given directions as relates to that?

as we mourn the death of our former colleague, Bella Abzug, I would like to pause to reflect and celebrate the life of an extraordinarily gifted human being. I have fond memories of Bella Abzug and admire so many of the principles which…

I have never felt more proud as an American, but more so in being a Member of this Congress during this historic time, where we have dealt with the problems in Europe, we have dealt with the problems of Asia and Central and South America…

I rise with great pride in support of this legislation. How many bills can come before this House supported by the President of the United States, the Speaker of the House, the minority leader of the House, and the support of the…