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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

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Charles Rangel
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: June 11
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U.S. Representative
Harlem
New York
Charles Rangel
Charles Bernard Rangel
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Hurricane season routinely strikes the Caribbean harder than the U.S.
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Encouragement of higher education for our youth is critical to the success of our collective future.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Our immigration policy should be driven by what is in the best interest of this great country and the American people. Comprehensive immigration reform will strengthen U.S. security and boost economic growth.
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I don't want to respond to rumors that have no basis at all... But I am willing to respond to questions that the public and the press should know.
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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.
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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.
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As a Korean War veteran, I know firsthand and understand the sacrifices made by our men and women in uniform.
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Immigrants have faced huge obstacles to achieving the American Dream, yet have persevered to overcome them.
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The victor will be the one who gets the most voters out.
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Meanwhile, our young men and women whose economic circumstances make military service a viable career choice are dying bravely in a war with no end in sight.
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I have a record that I'm so very, very proud of, and no campaign is going to take that away.
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I am running for re-election no matter who runs.
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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.
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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.
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The challenges African-Americans are facing today are rooted in the system of slavery.
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There were no weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Hussein was not involved in the September 11th attack.
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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.
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