Charles Rangel
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.Collection: Years
We all have a large stake in preserving our democracy, but I maintain that those without power in our society, the black, the brown, the poor of all colors, have the largest stake not because we have the most to lose, but because we have worked the hardest, and given the most, for what we have achieved.Collection: Color
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.Collection: Mother
As a Korean War Veteran I know too well the troubling nature of war. This is why I will always support a diplomatic answer before military intervention.Collection: Military
Well, I really think that shatters the myth of white supremacy once and for all.Collection: Thinking
I assume the president's going to say he got bad intelligence... I think that wherever you see poverty, whether it's in the white rural community or the black urban community, you see that the resources have been sucked up into the war and tax cuts for the rich.Collection: War
From a high-tech point of view, an agriculture point of view, a goods-and-services point of view, a great deal of [committee Democrats] have no choice except to support allowing America access to these markets.Collection: Views
I never thought I'd miss Nancy Reagan. There can't be a rating [on the Clinton drug policy] when there hasn't been a performance.Collection: Missing
The use of our military in combat should first require declaration of war. I have long called for reinstating the military draft, simply because I believe strongly that a national decision to go to war must also include a broad commitment to share its burdens. Whenever Congress decides to fund a war or other U.S. combat activities, it must provide a means to pay for it-then and there-not later. If we don't have the will to fully share the burdens of war, then we have no right to send our sons and daughters into harm's way.Collection: Daughter
My president will boldly throw 1 million into poverty.Collection: President
Im sick and tired of politicians beating up on the IRS. We have the best and fairest tax-collection system in the world.Collection: Tired
If a young fella has an option of having a decent career or joining the army to fight in Iraq, you can bet your life that he would not be in Iraq.Collection: Stupid
Mississippi gets more than their fair share back in federal money, but who the hell wants to live in Mississippi?Collection: Want
Enough is enough. This is how we get started in Vietnam.Collection: Vietnam