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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.

Charles Rangel

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Charles Rangel
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: June 11
Lawyer
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U.S. Representative
Harlem
New York
Charles Rangel
Charles Bernard Rangel
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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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The Iraq war took priority over domestic disaster prevention.
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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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Im sick and tired of politicians beating up on the IRS. We have the best and fairest tax-collection system in the world.
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Regardless of the nature of their crime or any rehabilitation that may have occurred, these ex-felons cannot participate in the decision-making process of this great Nation.
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I am running for re-election no matter who runs.
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Hurricane season routinely strikes the Caribbean harder than the U.S.
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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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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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A quality education grants us the ability to fight the war on ignorance and poverty.
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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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