I assume the president's going to say he got bad intelligence... I think that wherever you see poverty, whether it's in the white rural community or the black urban community, you see that the resources have been sucked up into the war and tax cuts for the rich.

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.

My father was absolutely no good.

I really think that most people around the world know how well-intended Americans are.

Reapportionment is not friendly to a lot of communities and it hasn't been too friendly to mine.

Encouragement of higher education for our youth is critical to the success of our collective future.

Im sick and tired of politicians beating up on the IRS. We have the best and fairest tax-collection system in the world.