Quote

The Iraq war took priority over domestic disaster prevention.

Charles Rangel

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Charles Rangel
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: June 11
Lawyer
Politician
U.S. Representative
Harlem
New York
Charles Rangel
Charles Bernard Rangel
Priority
Domestic
Priorities
Disaster
Iraq
Took
War
Prevention

More quotes by Charles Rangel

Image
I don't know whether the number of any particular Latino group has made or will make any particular difference in the issues that I am concerned with.
Charles Rangel
Image
I am running for re-election no matter who runs.
Charles Rangel
Image
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
Image
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
Image
A quality education grants us the ability to fight the war on ignorance and poverty.
Charles Rangel
Image
My president will boldly throw 1 million into poverty.
Charles Rangel
Image
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.
Charles Rangel
Image
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
Image
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
Image
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.
Charles Rangel
Image
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
Image
Enough is enough. This is how we get started in Vietnam.
Charles Rangel
Image
If there's no relationship with a father who's absent, nobody talks about it.
Charles Rangel
Image
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
Image
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.
Charles Rangel
Image
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
Image
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
Image
The challenges African-Americans are facing today are rooted in the system of slavery.
Charles Rangel
Image
The victor will be the one who gets the most voters out.
Charles Rangel
Image
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