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
Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all.
I was motivated to join in large part because my family needed the money. I would like to say how patriotic we were, but really what motivated me was the excitement my mother would get in receiving a check for my older brother.
It's impossible for us to forecast what's going to happen ten years from now and make a decision today to say what we're going to do.
A quality education grants us the ability to fight the war on ignorance and poverty.
Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day.
The panel has set back, rather than advanced, the prospects for reform by failing to offer realistic proposals that fairly distribute the tax burden across income levels and the states,
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,
Many of the undocumented immigrants from the Caribbean islands have been living, working and making vital contributions to our country for many years.
This little kid who was found abandoned in the ocean brought a face to the people who were in Miami -- a face that showed hatred, a face that showed ignorance, a face that showed they had no respect at all for the things that Americans believed in,
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?
The President's policies in Iraq contributed to the slow response of federal troops who should have been on alert even before the hurricane struck.
You can't do this without winners and losers.
We love the ability of the people to influence the actions of decision-makers, of lawmakers and presidents to be removed from or elevated to office by the will of voters, and of the community to connect amongst diverse populations through the ballot box.
Enough is enough. This is how we get started in Vietnam.