Charles Rangel Quotes - Page 2

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• If you got problems like unemployment, Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare and there's a guy that's always been there for you and for your family, then you say 'He's a nice guy. I don't know where he came from or how long he's been here, but Charlie Rangel's the man.' That's what I'm relying on.

  Charles Rangel

  Nice, Men, Medicare And Medicaid

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• Immigrants have faced huge obstacles to achieving the American Dream, yet have persevered to overcome them.

  Charles Rangel

  Dream, Overcoming, Obstacles

  "Why I Went to Jail" by Rep. Charles Rangel, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 17, 2013.

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• 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.

  Charles Rangel

  War, Cutting, Thinking

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• 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.

  Charles Rangel

  Daughter, War, Military

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• Without question, conditions in the Haiti are worse since Aristide's removal, and continue to deteriorate.

  Charles Rangel

  Aggravation, Haiti, Removal

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• The United States is historically a nation of immigrants.

  Charles Rangel

  United States, Immigrants, Nations

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• 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.

  Charles Rangel

  Stupid, Army, Fighting

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• I've been beat up pretty badly. Pretty badly. Yet at the end of the day, everyone says I'm doing a pretty good job.

  Charles Rangel

  Jobs, The End Of The Day, Good Job

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• Thousands of people may have been killed by hurricane Katrina and many more could die in its aftermath because of the President's refusal to heed the calls of governors for help in repairing the infrastructure in their states.

  Charles Rangel

  People, President, Aftermath

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• Of course things get stagnant; people get too used to their environment, but that's why I'm in my district every week, at meetings with my constituents.

  Charles Rangel

  People, Environment, Week

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• Now is the time for the U.S. and the nations of Western Europe who engaged in the slave trade throughout this hemisphere to come forward in a positive way to assist in undoing the harm that was caused by their past colonial policies in the hemisphere.

  Charles Rangel

  Past, Europe, Hemisphere

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• For a member to say, 'I'm a lame duck' violates political science 101.

  Charles Rangel

  Ducks, Political, Lame

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• At least 23,000 civilians have also died in the Iraqi killing field and the U.S. is stuck in a quagmire.

  Charles Rangel

  Quagmire, Fields, Killing

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• As a nation we should commit ourselves not only to the fight against terrorism, but to economic justice, defeat of the AIDS epidemic and vestiges of discriminatory policies of all kinds.

  Charles Rangel

  Fighting, Aids Epidemic, Epidemics

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• Hurricane season routinely strikes the Caribbean harder than the U.S.

  Charles Rangel

  Hurricanes, Strikes, Harder

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• Today many Caribbean workers can be found in the hospital, construction, service and hotel industries, but there is also a growing professional sector.

  Charles Rangel

  Growing, Today, Hospitality

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• Mississippi gets more than their fair share back in federal money, but who the hell wants to live in Mississippi?

  Charles Rangel

  Want, Hell, Share

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• The President is destroying the fabric of America with a combined policy of war, tax cuts for the wealthy, and reductions in spending for domestic needs.

  Charles Rangel

  War, Cutting, America

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• The challenges African-Americans are facing today are rooted in the system of slavery.

  Charles Rangel

  African American, Challenges, Slavery

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• We owe it to the flood victims of New Orleans to give them truthful answers as to why this event took place and to assure our citizens that tragedies like this will never happen again.

  Charles Rangel

  New Orleans, Giving, Tragedy

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• I'm in the kitchen and I'm not walking out.

  Charles Rangel

  Walking Away, Kitchen, Walking Out

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• If there's no relationship with a father who's absent, nobody talks about it.

  Charles Rangel

  Father, Absent, Ifs

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• The Iraq war took priority over domestic disaster prevention.

  Charles Rangel

  War, Iraq, Priorities

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• 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.

  Charles Rangel

  Missing, Drug, Clinton

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• The people who couldn't get out of New Orleans to escape the storm were predominantly Black.

  Charles Rangel

  New Orleans, People, Black

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