Charlie Rangel

Mr. RANGEL

Mr. RANGEL. If you could just tilt it a little bit. Thank you. MR. HAYWORTH. Let us say John and Wendy Taxpayer both work.

Mr. RANGEL. I cannot see the photo.

Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Mrs. Jones). (Mrs. JONES of Ohio asked and was given permission to revise and extend her remarks.)

Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I just pause because I was so moved by the last presentation. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Morand) while I regain my composure.

Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Doggett), a member of the Committee on Ways and Means.

Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Meeks).

Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Green).

Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms. Kilpatrick). (Ms. KILPATRICK asked and was given permission to revise and extend her remarks.)

Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Brown).

Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Matsui), a member of the Committee on Ways and Means.

Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, let me congratulate my chairman for the timing of bringing this bill on the floor for the Member's grandchild that was born. I only wish this bill was at such good timing for the baby boomers who will be eligible for Social Security and Medicare soon. Unfortunately, at the time that they will become eligible, that is the time they expect to have their surplus. I hope it is there. One thing they hope to have locked into place will be this enormous tax cut, and I tell the Members, this tax cut just does not fit. So they have come a long way in understanding the needs that we have in providing relief for taxpayers, especially as it relates to the child care bill. As long as we give it in all of these doses, and at the end of the day we have a $3 trillion tax bill and will not have money to do the other things that we promised and that we want to do, I would suggest that some of the compassion that the President is talking about should be leaking down to the House floor so that we can work together. We have not had an opportunity to do that, but I do hope that the time is still there for us to come together with a responsible tax cut, and I would suggest that if we can just put off the tax cut for a while and concentrate and do something now to stimulate the economy, instead of providing gifts for the wealthy, that our time would be better spent. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. RANGEL

Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Gephardt), a voice of reason, the minority leader of the Democratic Party. (Mr. GEPHARDT asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Brown).

Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Langevin). (Mr. LANGEVIN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Becerra), a valued member of the Committee on Ways and Means.

Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer) to correct the record.

Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Bonior), our distinguished minority whip, under the very restrictive time that we have.

Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), a distinguished member of our delegation here.

Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. Sherman).

Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Kucinich), who is the Chair of the Progressive Caucus in the House.

Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Baird).

Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Roemer). (Mr. ROEMER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from North Dakota (Mr. Pomeroy), a new, but valuable member of the Committee on Ways and Means.

Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Lewis), a member of the Committee on Ways and Means.