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.

Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all.

I have a record that I'm so very, very proud of, and no campaign is going to take that away.

If there's no relationship with a father who's absent, nobody talks about it.

The promise of the American Dream requires that we are all provided an equal opportunity to participate in and contribute to our nation.

I was motivated to join in large part because my family needed the money. I would like to say how patriotic we were, but really what motivated me was the excitement my mother would get in receiving a check for my older brother.

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.