Charles Rangel
Charles Rangel
Charles Bernard "Charlie" Rangelis the U.S. Representative for New York's 13th congressional district. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the second-longest currently serving member of the House of Representatives, serving continuously since 1971. As its most senior member, he is also the Dean of New York's congressional delegation. Rangel was the first African-American Chair of the influential House Ways and Means Committee. He is also a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 June 1930
CityNew York City, NY
It's no profile in courage for us to say you are now able to borrow money from your pension fund and have it penalty free,
I truly believe that there's a little bit of Rosa Parks in all Americans who have the courage to say enough is enough and stand up for what they believe in. She did such a small thing, but it was so courageous for her as a humble person to do.
Some of you know I've been reported as saying Eliot Spitzer is one of the smartest people in the world, if not the smartest. It takes a lot of political courage to reach out and make an independent decision.
is the best political thing to happen to Freddy all week.
isn't awake enough to know what's going on.
The whole Republican rationale for passing such a big tax cut is that we needed to send the surpluses back to the people. How ironic is it that we are now borrowing from the people in order to pay them their checks?
And yet, Republicans have held hostage every penny of relief until the Senate passes their special interest tax breaks,
Essentially, they've targeted the most vulnerable in our communities -- children, the aged, the blind and disabled -- for spending cuts that pave the way for tax cuts for the rich,
could have been done in a little office somewhere.
I would like to believe he's sick rather than just mean and evil,
I worry that we are losing our capacity to feel the pain of this war for which few Americans have been called to sacrifice in any way.
We can only support a tax cut when we know what is going to happen with the rest of the budget,
We have a million people -- a million Americans out there that have worked every day, that have paid into the unemployment compensation package -- and the bad cops are saying, 'forget about it,'
Many of the undocumented immigrants from the Caribbean islands have been living, working and making vital contributions to our country for many years.