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Eliot Engel: “Before I yield back, I want to thoroughly embarrass my colleague and friend from New York because we found, in our…”

On the recordJuly 31, 2013
Before I yield back, I want to thoroughly embarrass my colleague and friend from New York because we found, in our cloakroom, this wonderful picture. This good-looking guy is Charlie Rangel when he was a soldier in Korea. And now you know why he was elected to Congress. Anyone who looks that good, everyone votes for. It's nice to hold a picture of a hero.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York
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Jul 31, 2013

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