Charles Rangel

When I came to the Congress, I had just been working for the State Department and traveled all over Africa. I had been in 21 of the countries of Africa. I knew what the conditions were there. When I saw the GATT legislation, I asked my…

I rise in opposition to the point of order that has been made by the gentleman from New York and in support of the motion to recommit so that this body could have before it the question as to whether or not we can vote for censure

I am asking as many that can to reject the idea of voting for articles of impeachment, because 25 years ago I had the opportunity to serve in this body when the question of impeachment was seriously taken up, in 1974, and I can tell you…

I rise in support of H.R. 867, the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 because I believe it can improve the lives of many children who find themselves in foster care. Congresswoman Barbara Kennelly and Congressman David Camp deserves…

I appreciate this. We all have to agree that it is very unique for someone who has gained such a wonderful reputation in this House to find higher reasons and better causes in order to leave. In addition to going home every night in order…

Well, I do not want to get involved in how the bill came to the floor, but the gentleman is asking the people that are responsible for doing what we tell them to do. We are the ones that made their job difficult, and the gentleman and I…

I rise in strong support because of the bipartisan nature of the solution of a very serious problem that our Nation faces with the Internal Revenue Service. I do not think anyone can deny that we are basically dealing with a group of…

this was hardly the way I expected this to turn out. Having said that, the Members of the New York delegation take great pride in working together not only what we think is in the interests of our great State, but certainly of our…

Mr. Speaker, let me associate myself with the remarks of the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Shaw] that we have in a bipartisan way moved forward in trying to correct the abuses and better the collection of taxes. I do not see anything in this…

Listening to the debate, one might believe that Cuba is a threat to our national security and now the CBI is a threat to our national economy. We are dealing with friends. Someone said that should not matter, that we are dealing with…

Mr. Speaker, I encourage Members' support for my amendment, which merely is an expansion of existing law that was incorporated in the recent tax package, with the support of the leadership of the Democrats, the Republicans, as well as the…

let me thank the majority floor manager, the gentleman from Iowa [Mr. Nussle], for creating an atmosphere in discussing this issue, not one against the other, but in all recognizing that what we are talking about is education. This country…

Mr. Speaker, today Republicans continue their attack on America's public schools. This is what it is all about. Shift the taxpayers' dollars from public education and put it into private education. This legislation drains the Treasury of…

I would urge the gentleman, please, not to place his arguments on special needs, because there is absolutely no description in this legislation as to what is a special needs child, which means that every parent, I would like to believe…

I would just hope that, with all the good work that my colleague has done for this country throughout his life, that he would not want to be recorded in the Congressional Record as having been the person that, for whatever reason, has…

let me say on behalf of the New York congressional delegation that we probably have less problems after we leave this floor than any other delegation, because we have learned to work with each other, to respect each other, and to…

Mr. Speaker, first let me thank you for interceding in the conference to make certain that a provision was inserted that allows kids who dream about college to get there. The President's proposal finally was given to him in an approved way…

I say this to the gentleman from Virginia; I was the original sponsor of the initial enterprise and empowerment zones, and also the latest bill which expands them. While it was not included in the Republican bill, it is in the bipartisan…

let me tell Members why I oppose this amendment and support OPIC. There is no question that this great democracy of ours has been responsible for taking a lot of dictatorships, a lot of military governments, and trying to make democracies…

the gentleman is saying that successful corporations enjoying tax welfare benefits that now are forced by laws of the Congress to pay taxes, that in the Republican bill is just wiped out.

I really think that this President of the United States has singled out one of the most important issues that we as Americans face, and that is whether or not we are paying attention to hard-working Americans as relates to the burden of…

I support tax relief for working families in America. It is not right that so many hard-working parents are struggling to make ends meet. Yet, instead of helping these families today, we are slamming the door on them. We are telling school…

they cannot do this to the working people. It is just not fair to do it. If they are going out and paying taxes for clothes, for food, they do not care whether it is the city tax, the State tax, the Federal tax. These are working, proud…

I yield myself 10 seconds to respond that there is nobody on this side that is saying that, if you do not work, you should get the child credit. Let us not talk about class war. The only class of people that we are talking about benefiting…

how many Republicans voted for the Clinton budget that created the atmosphere so that we can even think about tax cuts?