House Proceeding 01-28-09 on Jan 28th, 2009 :: 2:45:00 to 2:47:50
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Speech By: Charles B. Rangel

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Charles B. Rangel: mr. rangel: thank you. the chair: is the gentleman rising in opposition to the amendm mr. rangel: yes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes and the unanimous consent request is granted. mr. rangel: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, not only does the other side reject this plea of our newly elected president, but for whatever political

2:45:14 to 2:45:35( Edit History Discussion )

Charles B. Rangel: reasons insist on sticking their thumb in the eyes of millions of americans, 11 million of them unemployed. 95% of all of our taxpayers are being asked to have this tax cut be rejected. people who work every day,

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Charles B. Rangel: people who dream, people who aspire are now going to be told that there are some people in the house of representatives voted against the president's bill and built that's before us on thistoric day. i don't know what o was, but the late jack kennedy once made a remark that

2:45:58 to 2:46:19( Edit History Discussion )

Charles B. Rangel: sometimes, just sometimes, you party -- your party asks too much of you and for members of the oth in this substitute to vote against exciting infrastructures that would take us into technology to be

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Charles B. Rangel: competitive, to deny poor folks monies for energy, for air conditioning a heat, food stamps, health inormation technology, why they would ask you to vote against this, i will never, but never know. and then there's the substitute

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Charles B. Rangel: for this, not only to remove the tax benefits from the low and middle class, but to find some category of doctors, lawyers, consultants and lobbyists and just say acrss the board they have decided not to give you the 20% tax cut, because you know it's not going

2:47:02 to 2:47:22( Edit History Discussion )

Charles B. Rangel: to happen, but just to suggest it so you might get favors in the future. it just seems to me that there should be some compassion for working families who have children. there should be some understanding that people who work each and every day and still come out under the

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Charles B. Rangel: poverty line or close to it are entitled to the earned income tax credit so that they can meet their basic needs and rents and payi the mortgage, food, clothing. every community, not democrats, but democrats and republicans are feeling the impact of these fiscal crises that we're going through.

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Charles B. Rangel: banks don't cry, fiscal institutions don't cry. but people in the neighborhood cry when they lose their job and lose their dignity and have to tell their kids that they're pulling them out of college. all the provisions that we put in. and especially knows that provide incentives for teachers and kids and school construction. how could you do it?