Charles Rangel

The President said he wanted working families, not welfare families, to get a tax break for their kids. So no matter how we cut it with charts, the bottom line is going to be how many kids are going to be denied because certain people…

we call this the Congressional Black Caucus budget, but the only thing that we have in common is that our constituents have the same dreams, the same aspirations and the same hopes to participate in this ever-growing economy that we have…

it is ironic that 25 years ago we had the same debate, and Mexico was cooperating then. We have had any number of declarations of war, and yet it seems as though we send the DEA, we send so many people over there, not with the bullets and…

I rise to support our chairman in this bill. This bill expired because of an attempt at budgetary gimmickry that has almost jeopardized the safety of our airports and our passengers and our pilots, but that is behind us, and I think we…

I gather that most of the Members, Democrat and Republican, are very anxious to put the heat and passion of our partisanship behind us and to get on and legislate as the American people would want us to do. God knows I have contributed my…

I think it is a successful conference because I think we emphasize how important it is for people to have jobs. We are obsessed with the problems we get from immigrants, from unwanted children, from drugs, from crime and from violence. Yet…

Today I want to commend the people who operate a company called Shares, Inc., in Shelbyville. It is an operation which employs and helps 300 handicapped, disabled, and mentally retarded individuals. Dick Fero, who is a good friend of mine…

I want to thank my friend, Ben Gilman, for getting this time for the New York delegation. A few minutes ago one of the Members on the floor asked, is this only for New York Members? And I did not give a full answer, but, no, Hamilton Fish…

my dear friend Clay Shaw who has worked so hard to protect the children of our great Republic and who made so many attempts to make this a bipartisan effort closed his remarks by saying, ``And who would want to be in a position of…

we have gotten off the subject now of substantive legislation, and we are now dealing with Presidential politics. Well, let us do it. The welfare bill now has become like a tennis ball in a political volley, and the question is, Does it…

I rise in support of treating China like any other trading nation. They call it most favorable treatment, but actually what we are talking about is free trade and trying to see how we can best improve the economy of the United States and…

Now, that was a real introduction. Mr. Speaker, I thought the name of this game was how to get economic growth. I now find that this foreign policy, this trade policy, that normally set by the President with bipartisan support, is now…

I rise in support of H.R. 2754, in opposition to the Bateman amendment, and also to thank Sam Gibbons who for so many years has been active in these very sensitive negotiations which involve not just shipbuilding today but shipbuilding…

the gentleman may be right about this 936, but we do not have a vote on that. That was not allowed by the rule. And we never had any hearings as to how we could improve, eliminate or substitute 936. We have just said the poor people in…

all we are saying is that in this form of Government we do not make these determinations in the backroom. If our colleagues think that really is big corporations that is the beneficiary, then let us have hearings on it, let us bring the…

when you have the votes, you have the votes. But this is very interesting. We are talking about a tax issue with the eminent chairman from the Committee on Ways and Means here. The only point we raised was that we never had any opportunity…

We have got to tell these oil companies that we mean business, that this is not supposed to be just a windfall thing. ... What we want to do is to make certain that each and every voter, or to put it another way, each and every motorist…

I do know that election time causes us to do a lot of strange things, and certainly if anyone is serious about taking off 4.3 cents from the Federal gasoline tax on a permanent basis, then we are talking about some $31 billion. Now, it may…

as I ask for opposition to the majority budget proposal, it is with the understanding and the true belief that all of us in this House are really looking for a better America, a more prosperous America, an improvement in the quality of…

one of the things that hits the poor communities most in this country is lack of access to health care. I know how sensitive my Republican colleagues are in talking about cutting the health care budget, so let me put it this way in…

let me thank my friend from Michigan for managing this bill for my dear friend Ron Brown. One of the questions that I have found most difficult to answer was what made Ron Brown so different. I have to admit that I do not really have the…

later on this evening, the gentleman from New Jersey, Don Payne, and other Members of Congress will continue to pay tribute to my fallen buddy, Ron Brown, but I just want to share some views as I saw Ron and 33 other coffins arrive in…

Mr. Speaker, I rise as an original cosponsor in strong support of H.R. 3074. This legislation would authorize the President to proclaim duty-free treatment for products of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and industrial zones that may be…

not too long ago, when there was a different majority, we used to have a little pamphlet called How to pass a law. I know the freshmen had a chance to read it before they took it off. But it used to go something like this: A Member…

the gentleman in the well has made it abundantly clear that he is addressing his constituents in Texas somewhere and his eyes are directed at the camera so that it is difficult for me really to know whether he is talking to me or making a…