Charles Rangel

There is no question in my mind that your position is that this is an economic growth job builder, and the future of America is going to be dependent on our ability to effectively compete and make America stronger.

As the senior member of the New York delegation, it affords me a great honor to come from the Empire State of New York, where we have so many people we are proud of, but because Mario Cuomo represented the true nature of the American…

The President should have trade authority because 435 people cannot negotiate a trade agreement.

I am very optimistic as to what we can accomplish in the next 2 years.

I look forward to working with Chairman Tiberi on trade.

I was in Havana, Cuba, when the President of the United States declared that he was going to relax the restrictions that we have on the embargo in Cuba, and I tell you that the people in Havana rejoiced. In the streets of Havana, they said…

When we vote... It is either yes or it is no.

I have never felt more proud of my colleague from New York, for the great leadership that he has provided, since his arrival in this august body. This is such a great country, and I love it so much. I was raised in the shadow of the Statue…

Now, the gentleman knows also that in order to get a bill passed, it really helps if you get the cooperation of the President of the United States. I would like to submit a statement for the Record from the administration which says that…

Lastly, I would like to say, as the distinguished chair moves on to his retirement from this august body, that for as long as the gentleman has been a member of this Ways and Means Committee that I have admired and I continue to respect…

I want to thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania, my friend, who eloquently mentioned how the Congress should and could be working more closely together. Again, I say that yesterday proved it. I am certain that the eloquent gentleman from…

Certainly, we all will be getting a lot of mail from the logging companies asking for this legislation in order to create jobs. I wish included in this package would have been the earned income tax credit, a bill that keeps people who work…

I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, as we close out on this bill, I would like to enter into the Record a report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. This is an objective report on the subject that we have just…

If we were serious about passing a bill that has been rehashed in this House and no action has been taken upon it, common sense and reason would dictate that we would work with the Democrats, work with the Senate, and work with the…

It is 10:40, September 17, 2014. And for me, this is an historic event, because I will be able to tell my grandkids and those who would listen that on the eve of the House of Representatives taking a vote that would expand the war powers…

Let me thank you so very much for giving me this opportunity to address the House. I think today and tomorrow may be recorded in history as one of the most serious decisions that this Congress has had to make. Personally, I don't know…

We were talking about war and peace. To me, we are still talking about a moral issue. Here in this great Nation, the richest in the world, we are asking people to work 40 hours, many without sick leave, many without vacations or vacation…

Let me thank you sincerely. It looks like it is going to be pretty lonesome in this House. I have been looking since I have returned from the recess to see how a nation that is about to embark on another intrusion, military intrusion, what…

I sincerely thank the gentleman from Nevada for this opportunity to support H.R. 4443, naming a post office in my district after a fallen hero who, as was reported by the chairman, came to this country as a kid on August 24, 1984, with his…

May I further inquire, we are not asking you to opine anything, Mr. Speaker. We are asking you to tell us exactly what we will be debating. If we don't know what we are going to be debating--I am not asking the Speaker to tell us what is…

Debate on what, Mr. Speaker? Just tell me what will we be debating on? That is my question. You tell me what the Members will be debating on, and I am satisfied. I don't want you to opine. I want you to tell me what is going to be in the…

This rule, exactly what bill is it that we are going to vote for or against as relates to the rule? Because depending on the substance of the bill, it is going to determine whether I vote for or against the rule. If they are not prepared…

I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I don't know how we can possibly frame a parliamentary inquiry to find out exactly what is in the underlying bill that we are asked to pass or vote against this rule. In any event, I…

I have a parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York will state his parliamentary inquiry.

Legislatively, time is not on our side this year, and we have a lot of things to consider...