mr. rangel earlier this year. now, it may be that the committee and the house could do a different sanction. mr. scott identified several members and former members and staffers who are either still serving sentences in prison or still in court, being tried or an ongoing proceeding for misconduct. i think it is precisely because of that failure to put members of this body and the american public first demand a higher standard that the committee on a 9-1 vote recommended this sanction. we need a higher standard. mr. rangel himselfs a acknowledged that we need a higher standard. process is about protecting the integrity of the house as much as it is about sanctioning an individual who has violated the rules. the nonpartisan committee counsel recommended this on a 9-1 vote. the bipartisan committee recommended this. this is a wrenching decision for us all. it is not with any pleasure at all that i stand here today presenting the committee's report. and finally, it is for each and every one of us to sort through our o

mr. rangel violated that trust. the speaker challenged us to enter into a new era of transparency and accountability. mr. mccaul: let us begin today, let justice be served, let us begin to enter into a new era of ethics to restore the credibility and integrity of this house, the people's house, and with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from alabama. mr. bonner: i yield 3 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from washington state, mr. hastings. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is are recognized for 3 1/2 minutes. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank my friend from alabama for yielding time. for over two years, i served on the investigative committee that reviewed allegations and evidence involving mr. rangel and we found a substantial reason to believe, which is what our threshold was, that violations occurred. because the facts of this matter are not disputed, i will not comment on the evidence. i will, however, comment on the length of the investigation and particularly a sta

mr. rangel violated that trust. the speaker challenged us to enter into a new era of transparency and accountability. mr. mccaul: let us begin today, let justice be served, let us begin to enter into a new era of ethics to restore the credibility and integrity of this house, the people's house, and with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from alabama. mr. bonner: i yield 3 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from washington state, mr. hastings. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is are recognized for 3 1/2 minutes. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank my friend from alabama for yielding time. for over two years, i served on the investigative committee that reviewed allegations and evidence involving mr. rangel and we found a substantial reason to believe, which is what our threshold was, that violations occurred. because the facts of this matter are not disputed, i will not comment on the evidence. i will, however, comment on the length of the investigation and particularly a sta

mr. rangel violated that trust. the speaker challenged us to enter into a new era of transparency and accountability. mr. mccaul: let us begin today, let justice be served, let us begin to enter into a new era of ethics to restore the credibility and integrity of this house, the people's house, and with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from alabama. mr. bonner: i yield 3 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from washington state, mr. hastings. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is are recognized for 3 1/2 minutes. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank my friend from alabama for yielding time. for over two years, i served on the investigative committee that reviewed allegations and evidence involving mr. rangel and we found a substantial reason to believe, which is what our threshold was, that violations occurred. because the facts of this matter are not disputed, i will not comment on the evidence. i will, however, comment on the length of the investigation and particularly a sta

mr. rangel violated that trust. the speaker challenged us to enter into a new era of transparency and accountability. mr. mccaul: let us begin today, let justice be served, let us begin to enter into a new era of ethics to restore the credibility and integrity of this house, the people's house, and with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from alabama. mr. bonner: i yield 3 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from washington state, mr. hastings. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is are recognized for 3 1/2 minutes. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank my friend from alabama for yielding time. for over two years, i served on the investigative committee that reviewed allegations and evidence involving mr. rangel and we found a substantial reason to believe, which is what our threshold was, that violations occurred. because the facts of this matter are not disputed, i will not comment on the evidence. i will, however, comment on the length of the investigation and particularly a sta

mr. rangel denies any wrong doing. those apartments are meant for people with low incomes.f rangel was using those apartments and got them because of who he is, then actually deserving people were not able to use them. then there's the dominican republic. here he is enjoying a moment on the beach. the congressman failing to disclose rental income on this villa as required by congress. he filed amendments only after the ethics committee began investigating him. now the congressman has blamed sloppy bookkeeping and that may be but it may also be an excuse. remember, this was the guy writing tax law and he can't seem to keep his records straight, the kind everybody has to, whether we're in congress or not. joining me now, joe johns and melanie sloan, currently executive director for citizens of responsibility and ethics in washington. next year she'll go into private practice with lanny davis. melanie, is congressman rangel corrupt? he says it's not corruption because he wasn't personally benefiting financially but is there an argument to be made? >> i think there is. i think

mr. rangel, kindly appear in the well. >> reporter: it was a shaken speaker pelosi who read the resolution censuring her longtime ally, 80-year-old charles rangel, as he stood in the well of the house. >> council and the committee found no evidence at all of corruption. >> by a large. >> the censure >> if expulsion is the equivalent of the death penalty, then censure is life imprisonment. >> reporter: last month a house panel found the former ways and means chair guilty of 11 violations including failing to report hundreds of thousands in assets, improperly using rent- controlled apartments in new york, and failing to pay taxes on his villa in the dominican republic for 17 years. >> it brought discredit to the house when this member with great responsibility for tax policy did not fully pay his taxes for many years. >> reporter: several members, democrats and republicans, pleaded that the punishment be downgraded to a reprimand, the kind of slap on the wrist congressman joe wilson received after shouting, "you lie" during a presidential address last year. >> and i ask you to consider a doz

mr. rangel. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. rangel: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. rangel: for the first time approaching this rule, it's my understanding that if i want to stop $23 billion from increasing the deficit by knocking out a senate provision and substituting a pomeroy, in order to do that i would have to accept the remainder of the senate bill. and i don't think that members of this house should have to make that choice. it seems to me that if you believe that it's inequitable for a handful of people to receive such a large amount of money at the expense of the deficit, at the expense of discretionary spending, that we should have an opportunity, one, to vote against the senate bill in its present form, this does that, and, two, to vote for pomeroy which would allow us to at least control the amount of tax relief that we give to estate taxes. so i yield back the balance of my time but i do hope that we get a rule that would allow us to express

mr. rangel took part in.lthough he's not here, i'm sure that former speaker gingrich, who was also reprimanded, would share my view that being reprimanded is not a slap on the wrist. i don't know how anyone who serves the pride that i feel serving in body and selected by american citizens to make the laws of this country could i trivialize something like reprimand. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for two minutes. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, last week the democrats fought back the death tax. now, this calendar year there has been no estate tax, and i guess in some ways it was the year to die. but on january 1 because of the actions of the house democrats, the death tax roars back at a rate of 55% after the first $1 million. that means that your hares pay nothing on the first $1 million you leave them but they pay 55% tax on every dollar beyond that. i talked to a constituent recently wh

mr. rangel, kindly appear in the well? representative charles rangel of new york be censured. that representative charles b. rangel forthwith present himself in the well of the house for the pronouncement of censure, that represent charles b. rangel be censured with the public reading of this resolution by the speaker, and that representative rangel pay restlution to the appropriate taxing authority of the u.s. treasure for unpaid taxes outlined in exhibit 066 on income received from his property in dominican republic and provide proof of payment to the committee. >>> all right. so there you have it. right there the speaker of the house formally censuring charlie rangel for ethics violation, and a dramatic moment, indeed, and i'm sure very, very painful for nancy pelosi for her. here is charlie rangel responding. >> members, my predecessors suffered because they didn't allow him to be a member before they decided that he is should be expelled, but notwithstanding that, we do know that we are a political body, and even thou

mr. rangel, kindly appear in the well. >> democrat charles rangel tonight standing in the well of the house, accepting the punishment as read by speaker pelosi. he has represented his harlem congressional district for 40 years. he today became the first house member since 1983 to be formally censured by his peers. the worst punishment short of expulsion. he said the censure was painful to accept. he was convicted of 11 ethics violations, including failure to pay taxes. the vote to convict tonight was 333-79. >>> if you have spent time on the east, you night know what they call lake-effect snow. it's when weather whips across the moisture of the great lakes and then dumps it on or near buffalo, new york. and a whole lot of other places. well, it has started in earnest for the season, and a whole lot of people are paying dearly tonight and have been sinclast night. our own ron alan has made his way to an i-90 overpass in west seneca, new york. ron, how are we holding up there? >> reporter: the conditions out here are pretty tough. heavy snow is falling. there's two feet or more on the ground

mr. rangel: thank you, mr. chairman. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. rangel: thank god that the native americans didn't have these immigration laws when they were discovered, you know, by other people. but having said that and forgetting the idea of compassion, i'm reminded that in 1950, when the outfit was surrounded by chinese and lieutenant colonel joseph bines called up and he says, we need replacements or we got to get out of here. and they told him that we didn't have any colored replacements and even though president truman in 1948 had outlawed discrimination, still it was that way. the lieutenant says, i don't care what color they are. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. conyers: i give the gentleman an additional 30 seconds. mr. rangel: he says, i don't care what color they are, you send someone up here to defend this country or we're pulling out of here. and that's where we find ourselves today. at a time when we're looking for scientists and researchers and teachers a

mr. rangel kindly appear in the well? >> woodruff: rangel then stood before his peers in the well of the house floor as speaker nancy pelosi formally read the public condemnation. >> the house is resolved the representative charles rangel of new york be censured. the representative charles b. rangel forthwith present himself in the well of the house for the pronouncement of censure. that representative charles b. rangel be censured with the public reading of this resolution by the speaker. and that representative rangel finds the solution to the appropriate taxing authoritys of the u.s. treasury for any unpaid estimated taxes outline in exhibit 066 on income received from this property in dominican republic and provide proof of payment to the committee. >> woodruff: congressman rangel is 80 years old. he won reelection to his 21st term last month. >> lehrer: again, the other major developments of the day: house democrats passed an extension of tax cuts for the middle class. republicans insisted they would block action in t

mr. rangel. mr. : all of us from the city of new york and around the nation are so proud to be a member of this body. i ask unanimous consent that i will be allowed to insert my remarks in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. again, a member asking to insert remarks may include a simple declaration of sentiment toward the question under debate but should not embellish the request with extended oratory. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. burgess: i'll reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. pallone: i yield to the gentleman from new york, mr. mcmahon, for the purpose of unanimous consent request. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. mcmahon: thank you, madam speaker. on behalf of staton island, trish and marty fullum, i ask unanimous consent to insert my statement into the record. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman from new jersey will be charged

mr. rangel, kindly appear in the well. the house has resolved that representative charles rangel of new york be censured. the representative charles b. rangel, will present himself in the well of the house for the pronouncement of censure. that representative charles b. rangel be censured with the public reading of this said resolution by the speaker. >> shepard: you'll recall members of the house ethics committee convicted rangel on 1 e 1 counts of breaking ethics rules in a series of hearings that at one point left him in or near tears. the violations included failure to disclose to congress at least $600,000 in assets. failure to tell the irs about rental income from a home in the dominican republic. using house stationery and house staff to solicit money and trying to get money from donors who had interest before the committee over which he's -- well, that he oversaw. the ethics committee recommended the full house censure for congressman rangel. censure is one of four forms of punishment in the house. it's a step below

mr. rangel and myself, mr. camp, senators bachus and grassley. let me say a few words about this. since the reforms were implemented in 2009, more than 155,000 additional trade impacted workers who might not have been certified under the former program, became eligible for t.a.a. worker benefits and training opportunities. more than 155,000. in total, more than 367,000 workers were eligible for support in that time frame. in 2010 alone, and i also want to emphasize this number, 227 ,882 workers took advantage of t.a.a. and participated in the program, receiving case management training and/or income support. you know, i wish in a way 2727,882 people could come here and line up from here. i'm not quite sure how far the line would extend. it would be a very long way. we have a solemn obligation to continue thr expanded program. this legislation also supports u.s. businesses that need inputs for components in order to manufacture, and i underline that, downextreme products here in the united states of america. miss tariff bills like this one have been a part of u.s. policy years for

mr. rangel failed to pay his income taxes for 17 years. >> reporter: rangel expressed sorrow. >> let me apologizeugust body for putting you in this very awkward position. >> reporter: acknowledged he broke rules -- >> i have made serious mistakes. >> reporter: but then rangel and his supporters argued for a lesser sanction, saying censure had been used for congressmen convicted of crimes or sexual misconduct. new york's republican peter king argued censure was too severe. >> expulsion is the equivalent of the death penalty, then censure is life imprisonment. >> reporter: but overwhelmingly the house chose scensure. later rangel's turn more bitter saying past offenders brought more dishonor to the house. >> i think history would show that a different standard has been used in this case where i did not curse out the speaker, i have not tried to have sex with minors, i did not steal any money. >> reporter: and rangel repeatedly pointed out that the committee did not find that his mistakes were about trying to advance some personal gain, but still this is a very serious punishment. but it ends here,

mr. rangel of new york, five minutes. mr. langevin of rhode island, five minutes. mr. yarmuth of kentucky, ms. clarke of new york, five minutes. ms. jackson lee of texas, five minutes. mr. fattah of pennsylvania, five minutes, ms. kaptur of ohio, five minutes. mr. defazio of oregon, five minutes and ms. woolsey of california, five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009 and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. carnahan from missouri. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. carnahan: thank you, madam speaker. on the occasion of her retirement, i rise to honor a great citizen of missouri and the city of st. louis beverly bukheit. he is an engaged citizen and active in the affairs of her community. beverly has been a valued member of my staff as a lie aceon to the city of st. louis and specialist on senior issues. shown by her commitment to the public schools of the city of st. louis, as an educator, administrator and c

mr. rangel. will he get censure? or will he get a written reprimand? we're going to wait and see. l himself. in the meantime, let's switch gears and talk about this story still developing out of hollywood. could the murder of a popular hollywood publicist have been a professional hit? a bizarre turn of events overnight has a lot of people asking that exact question. in fact, look at these pictures with me. this is a scene last night. police were closing in on this guy they considered a person of interest. but as soon as they got close to this guy, tried talking to him, he killed himself. and what people are saying about this particular man, it's raising a lot of questions today. talk to me about what happened last night and would that lead anyone to think that ronni chasen's murder might have been a professional hit? >> reporter: well, first of all, police are not saying whether it was targeted in any way, was someone paid to kill this popular publicist? there are a lot of transient people and low-income people that live here. about 145 units. we've been talking to neighbors all da

mr. rangel for five minutes, mr. jackson of illinois for five minutes, ms. kaptur, mr. defazio, ms. woolsey for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. burton of indiana. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? mr. shimkus will be recognized for five minutes. mr. shimkus: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. shimkus: thank you, madam speaker. i come down tonight to put into the record names of some fighters who have been jailed not only politicians, but also members of the news media after the elections in bella ruse of two nights ago. the opponents of the dictator were as follows and their locations are unknown, some have been jailed. victor, nick lay and dim my try. tens of thousands converged in the capital heeding opposition leaders that called sunday's election a farse and locked in a dictator

mr. rangel of new york. mr. jackson of illinois. ms. kaptur of ohio. mr. defazio of oregon. ms. woolsey of california. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. gohmert: thank you, madam speaker. well, down the hall, we have the senate as they have been taking up the start streety to help limit our defense of ourselves with a country that is not the country we're most concerned about. we seem to keep ignoring the fact that iran continues to move forward developing nuclear weapons and once they have them , then that is the game changer. of course, we know that even in and it's nothing to fear if we act appropriately and don't stick our head in the sand as the treaty apparently attempts to do. for example, we've got people in the senate that do not understand that the president has the power to negotiate in advising and consenting, but they don't have the power to amend the treaty. our president. so they can make suggestions, but that language is not binding unless the other country agrees to it. so all this frivol

mr. rangel, which would not require a public reading requiring his presence. the house meets at 10:00 this morning. c-span radio will go live to the house today when it begins consideration of actions against congressman rangel. house democrats plan to push on a vote today to permit extend tax breaks for those making to the $50,000 or less. majority leader steny hoyer says the house bill would include permanent extensions for the tax rates for the middle-class and tax breaks for married couples, the child tax credit, and the earned income tax credit. republicans argue tax cuts should be extended for everyone, including the wealthy, and are pledging to block legislative action on every issue being considered until the dispute over the bush era tax cuts is resolved, and an extension of current government funding is approved. the u.s. is scrambling to contain the fallout of the small motion leak of cables from embassies worldwide, as new documents. a jaundiced eye toward the corruption in russia. secretary of state clinton has made calls to try to parts in other

mr. rangel has been sending out e-mail blasts to his constituents and people all across the country.ongress and don't have them vote for censure. give me a reprimand but don't censure me. >> when you look at the total weight of the evidence, that ploy is helpless. the house will censure him. to censure him in the last week of the session, they should insist that he not serve on the ways and means committee. >> it's interesting. at one point, he wanted to become chair once again of that same committee. so stay tuned for that. i want to make sure we can talk about this because you're doing something important today. hosting the first annual americano forum and gala in d.c. what is it? >> well, the americano.com is a web site dedicated to bringing together conservative and moderate hispanic-americans and creating a dialogue about prosperity, about national security, about immigration, about reforming the government and they're having their first annual conference here. it's really about a huge conference, i'm amazed how much they've pulled together. over 60 speakers. president of spain

mr. rangel. we provided them all of our data on the defense science board.hey're looking at at and the service science board's. >> secretary lynn, one of the defense components that the secretary plans to eliminate is the business transformation agency, the bta. earlier this year, the department's deputy chief management officer told the committee that the bta plays a crucial role in the business process reform that is needed to reduce waste and inefficiencies in the department's operations. over the years, the agencies have proved incapable of modernizing their own business systems. to the gao recently reported that programs are running billions of dollars over budget and as much as six years late and bta was assigned to provide needed leadership, expertise, and assistance in that effort. the implication of the elimination of the bta is that the efforts to improve business systems and processes will revert to those who have proven incapable of managing that in the past or will some other entity provide the leadership, eggs 30s, and assistance for which the

mr. johns, on the charlie rangel censure. we are going to talk to you in just a moment.dent george w. bush squaring off. a war of words, you could say. that's next. we actually have a lot of scientists that play music. the creativity, the innovation, there's definitely a tie there. one thing our scientists are working on is carbon capture and storage, which could prevent co2 from entering the atmosphere. we've just built a new plant to demonstrate how we can safely freeze out the co2 from natural gas. it looks like snow. it's one way that we're helping provide energy with fewer emissions. >>> by my watch, it was about this time yesterday when we were showing you live pictures of veteran congressman, charlie rangel's final defense. would he get a reprimand or censured? >> he was censured, publicly dressed down in front of his pie peers yesterday. it was a bitter pill after a 20-term career. rangel called the vote very political. our own joe johns who was there, got a couple of questions in to the congressman about that particular comment, that this was political. what did

a complaint that congressman rangel improperly used his nationally leadership pact to fund his case against ethics charges. the commission is acting on a complaint that mr0 from his back to. lawmakers are only allowed to use money in their individual campaign funds for legal fees or can set up legal defense funds for such costs. >> and join us for "and the communicators -- "the communicators." large internet service providers and limited internet spectrum. we are joined by marsha blackburn of theç house subcommittee. tonight at 8:00 eastern on c- span2. >> every weekend, experience american history tv, starting saturday at 8:00 eastern. 48 hours of people and events telling the american story. visit museums, historical sites, and college campuses, as america's top historians delve into the past. ç>> without the new start treay being ratified by the senate, we do not have a verification method to ensure we know what the russians are doing, and they do not know what we are doing. when you have uncertainty in the area of nuclear weapons, that is a much more dangerous world to live in. >> find out more about the expired start treaty with russia, what it m

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mr. rangel had paid his taxes as we are all required to do. as chairman of the ways and means committee, he certainly knew something about requiring americans to pay their taxes. but -- the ethics committee found by clear and convincing evidence that mr. rangel failed to pay his taxes for 17 years, violating u.s. and state and local tax laws on income derived from his beach villa in the dominican republic. mymy friends, when you go back home this weekend, try explaining to your constituents that it's ok for a powerful member of congress, the chairman of the tax writing committee, to not pay his taxes, just don't ask your constituents to do the same. if mr. rangel had used the ethics committee as it is intended to be use, give advice and counsel on how we can use our names to benefit worthy causes such as creating a school for underprivileged minority students to encourage them to consider public service, there's nothing wrong with that idea. actually, it is rooted in the most noble of american missions, education. rather than finding out he ca