Rep. Charles Rangel

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) is a combat veteran and former Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee.

Rep. Charles Rangel

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) is a combat veteran and former Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee.

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Ideas Rangel: It's Time for a War Tax and a Reinstated Draft While I am optimistic about our Commander-in-Chief’s strategy to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, I voted against the Continuing Appropriations Resolution 2015 that would grant the

U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), speaks to the media near the smoking site of an explosion in East Harlem on March 13, 2014 in New York City.

Opinion Rep. Charles Rangel: For Too Long, Congress Has Ignored Infrastructure When I first described as “our community’s 9/11” what we now know was a gas explosion, I was referring to the chaos and shock that resulted from the tragic incident that occurred in

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