mr. rangel. >> thank you. one of the difficulties in getting old, especially when you are 84, is how does it can a kid celebrate his 50th anniversary in the congress? another awkward thing is when you are working side by side with someone that you don't really appreciate the courage, the work, and the contribution they are making because you see them as part of a bigger force. i never had this difficulty with john conyers because while we were looking at adam clayton powell, looking at the civil rights legislation, while we were looking at manny celler, i was looking at john conyers. throughout all of this, the person has survived and excelled in the congress, i have never seen john conyers grab a mic. for those of us in this business, that is hard to understand. he has never been addicted to press conferences. he has never been able to say, why not me and i did the work for that. as we see the legislation passed, including a bill passed when i was chairman of the ways and means, long before there was an obama

mr. rangel. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york, mr. rangel, is recognized for three minutes. mr. rangel: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. rangel: thank you so much for this opportunity, congressman levin. there's been some talk as to whether or not the democrats finally recognize the importance of the deficit and the debt. and that since we are going to pass these bills anyway because there's a negative feeling that we are not going to have tax reform, i assume, that we might as well give some confidence to our small businesspeople that they will have this -- small business people that they will have this tax incentive. that is a way of thinking, but it would appear to me that if we can forgo going through the regular procedure in order to at this stage of our political calendar to give the incentive now, i've heard no reason, and i hope i will, as to why we cannot close the loopholes that exist in the tax code now. it seems to me that it goes without di

mr. rangel for his service to this nation as a korean war vet, and then coming home to be a vet of the civil rights effort. and then of course to the holder of the seat that represents selma for her life story. and so today i rise to ask the question what is our moral standard? and follow in the words of dr. martin luther king, why we can't wait. this is the clarion call to my colleagues, democrats and republicans. that in fact this year, of all years, calls for us to act. it calls for us to be able to understand why the nation cannot wait, who is going to lift up the moral standard? the walk from selma to montgomery turned into bloody sunday. it was where a young man by the name of john lewis stood bravely stood bravely alongside of names like josea williams. and it was of course a place where the world watched and it became the stair steps of which the voting rights act was passed. today we realize that on the shoulders of that tragic time, where violence claimed the life of jimmy lee jackson beaten by state troopers as he was attempting to protect his mother and others, violence that clai

mr. rangel? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. mr. rangel: thank you for this opportunity to try to figure out what's going on the floor today. normally republicans are rational, intelligent people and that's the reason why they keep talking about obamacare. it's clear to me that we're not voting on obamacare. i haven't seen obamacare in any of the papers we have today. so they must be saying that they want to repeal the patient protection and affordable care act. that makes it easy to understand what they want to do. they want to repeal health care. and they want to replace it with -- well, they want to -- they want -- i don't know what they want to do. quite frankly. but i know they want to get rid of this. i think we've reached the point where we've exhausted the legislative process. i figured it out. this senate is prepared to join with them in this insanity. the only thing missing is the president of the united states. now, they must have a plan how they're going to pick up 2/3 of this house and 2/3 of the senate to tell the world

mr. rangel? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. mr. rangel: thank you for this opportunity to try to figure out what's going on the floor today. normally republicans are rational, intelligent people and that's the reason why they keep talking about obamacare. it's clear to me that we're not voting on obamacare. i haven't seen obamacare in any of the papers we have today. so they must be saying that they want to repeal the patient protection and affordable care act. that makes it easy to understand what they want to do. they want to repeal health care. and they want to replace it with -- well, they want to -- they want -- i don't know what they want to do. quite frankly. but i know they want to get rid of this. i think we've reached the point where we've exhausted the legislative process. i figured it out. this senate is prepared to join with them in this insanity. the only thing missing is the president of the united states. now, they must have a plan how they're going to pick up 2/3 of this house and 2/3 of the senate to tell the world

mr. rangel? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. mr. rangel: thank you for this opportunity to try to figure out what's going on the floor today. normally republicans are rational, intelligent people and that's the reason why they keep talking about obamacare. it's clear to me that we're not voting on obamacare. i haven't seen obamacare in any of the papers we have today. so they must be saying that they want to repeal the patient protection and affordable care act. that makes it easy to understand what they want to do. they want to repeal health care. and they want to replace it with -- well, they want to -- they want -- i don't know what they want to do. quite frankly. but i know they want to get rid of this. i think we've reached the point where we've exhausted the legislative process. i figured it out. this senate is prepared to join with them in this insanity. the only thing missing is the president of the united states. now, they must have a plan how they're going to pick up 2/3 of this house and 2/3 of the senate to tell the world

mr. rangel: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. rangel: let me thank my friend and colleague for giving me an opportunity to thank an organization that unfortunately so many americans, black and white, have taken for granted. earlier today, i was sitting on the floor next to one of my republican friends from the south and we were talking about selma and he had recently seen the motion picture and he was shocked that something like this could have happened. me being an old-timer, i was surprised that he did not know that those things had gone on. but it was the graphics of the motion picture and the change in attitude that people have and it reminded me that this happened in my lifetime to see somebody from the same culture, the same background now saying these things i've seen should never happen in our country. if people could have stood up 60 years ago and subject themselves, as some people did in selma, and put their life on the line in the early 1960's, as john lewis and so many o

mr. rangel: thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will recognize requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota rise? without objection. members will please take their conversations off the floor. please take your conversations off the floor. the gentleman is recognized. >> mr. speaker those that sign up to serve and defend our country deserve our respect and support when they return home. sadly there's a crisis in our country when it comes to our veterans' health care. with an average of 22 veterans a day taking their own life, we are failing them. that's why congress took action to pass the clay hunt suicide prevention for america's veterans act to improve mental health care, services and suicide prevention programs at the v.a. and department of defense. by establishing pilot programs to recruit and keep psychiatrists and establish support networks for veterans it will help serve -- help service members' transition back to civilian life. it's named after clay

mr. rangel: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. i wish i had a prepared statement. but i was so moved by listening and being a part of this great congressional group in this great country to be able to celebrate 50 years since the voting rights act. as a kid that was growing up on the streets of lennox avenue and dropped out of high school, i didn't have the benefit of having anything to attach a dream to that would allow me to believe that one day i could be sitting in the united states house of representatives. but after returning from the war and being a beneficiary of the g.i. bill and after graduating from law school i was able to see and hear atrocities that have been committed on black folks in this country, the likes of which i had not seen except during war time. and even though my mother's family came from virginia, in the city of new york and even as today i don't ever remember meeting any white people from the south. i don't know what that is. perhaps congressman butterfield will be able to do a little historic research about why they stay in the south a

mr. chairman. thank you, ranking member rangel and for all of our honorable witnesses for being here today. i sort of want to piggy back off of what mr. ribble had previously asked about what coalition members should be prepared to do to continue delegitimizing isis' ideology. for example, a recent report indicated that around 4,000 foreign fighters have joined isis since the air strikes began. are there specific strategies that coalition members should be employing to further prevent the flow of foreign fighters into syria and iraq? part two of that question is often talked about. isis calls themselves an islamic state. what name might you suggest we in america and around the world and in the media use to describe this barbaric group so as not to confer any undue sense of legitimacy? anyone can -- >> those are excellent questions, congresswoman. i would just add that i'll defer the second one to my colleagues. the first one, it's very interesting the types of political capital that's needed to be invested by leaders in the arab and muslim world to fight, to counter radicalization. some of t

mr. chairman. thank you, ranking member rangel and for all of our honorable witnesses for being here today. i sort of want to piggy back off of what mr. ribble had previously asked about what coalition members should be prepared to do to continue delegitimizing isis' ideology. for example, a recent report indicated that around 4,000 foreign fighters have joined isis since the air strikes began. are there specific strategies that coalition members should be employing to further prevent the flow of foreign fighters into syria and iraq? part two of that question is often talked about. isis calls themselves an islamic state. what name might you suggest we in america and around the world and in the media use to describe this barbaric group so as not to confer any undue sense of legitimacy? anyone can -- >> those are excellent questions, congresswoman. i would just add that i'll defer the second one to my colleagues. the first one, it's very interesting the types of political capital that's needed to be invested by leaders in the arab and muslim world to fight, to counter radicalization. some of t

mr. chairman. thank you, ranking member rangel and for all of our honorable witnesses for being here today. i sort of want to piggy back off of what mr. ribble had previously asked about what coalition members should be prepared to do to continue delegitimizing isis' ideology. for example, a recent report indicated that around 4,000 foreign fighters have joined isis since the air strikes began. are there specific strategies that coalition members should be employing to further prevent the flow of foreign fighters into syria and iraq? part two of that question is often talked about. isis calls themselves an islamic state. what name might you suggest we in america and around the world and in the media use to describe this barbaric group so as not to confer any undue sense of legitimacy? anyone can -- >> those are excellent questions, congresswoman. i would just add that i'll defer the second one to my colleagues. the first one, it's very interesting the types of political capital that's needed to be invested by leaders in the arab and muslim world to fight to counter radicalization. some of th