mr. rangel for five minutes. mr. rangel: thank you mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. rangel: thank you for this opportunity. i feel so proud to be an american and be in this great country where so many members of congress have come from families and communities that have been poor without the dreams or hopes that they would ever be in the position to serve this great country in the most august legislative body in the world. i know. i've been through more riots than anyone else coming from harlem and being older than most members, and yet throughout the world i'm so proud that people respects our country because of the opportunities we have here. and so therefore to all americans it has to be painful embarrassing to see on international news or to have our international friends to think that we're a country that alaos young black men to be shot down and murdered and killed and allows young black men to be shot down and murdered and killed but this does not in my mind represent

mr. rangel. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for two minutes. mr. rangel: i thank you for this opportunity. having served on the ways and means committee for decades is a little embarrassing to see us debating a bill that goes nowhere. this is a political action that's taken by the majority to select provisions that are in the tax code to have those of us that advocate tax reform to just select those parts that appear to be very popular with some parts of our constituencies. there's nobody in this house that truly believes that this legislation, if passed, ever would become law, but it is something to be using in political campaigns as to what you voted for and why you voted against it. . to list yep to the other side talk, we have some very, very rich fathers. and just because they are in the family doesn't mean that they are not wealthy. first of all, let's go to the video. let's go to the facts and find out how many pool are going to be affected -- people are going to be affected. the statistics show that 99.2% .8% of the population of those peopl

mr. rangel: having served on the ways and means committee for decades, it is embarrassing to see us debating a deal -- building goes nowhere. this was taken by the majority to select provisions that are in the tax code, to have those of us that advocate tax reform to just select those parts that appeared to be popular with some parts of our constituencies. there is no one in this house that truly believes that this legislation, if passed, ever will become law. it is something to be using in political campaigns as to what you voted for, and why. the truth of the matter is, to listen to the other side talk, we have some very rich farmers and just because they are in the family, does not mean they are not wealthy. let's go to the facts and find out how many people are going to be affected. these statistics show that 99.2% to 99.8% of the population does not pay taxes. what are we talking about? we are talking about a few rich people .02% of those people will be eligible for the tax, only after we estimate the value of their estate is $5 million for one person, and $10 million for two people. i

mr. rangel-hernandez's deferred status has been decided a month -- rescinded a month or so ago. my question is, how many instances have been identified in the audit or review that were similar to mr. hernandez's and what is the current status of that review and the potential that others deferred status will also be rescinded and their disposition after it? secretary johnson: i know there have been a handful of others who have been identified in the same category. i do not know the status of whether they have been rescinded or not but we can get that , information to you, sir. senator tillis: yeah. i'd like to get that and if possible on a -- to the extent that information is available, geographically what we're talking about if i have any other instances in north carolina i'd like to know about it but i'm sure the other members would be interested as well in each of their states. so i'd like to that and -- in particularly as we go through this process for those that were granted deferred status. if there is a decision either because they've come up in the audit to continue to all

mr. rangel. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for two minutes. mr. rangel: i thank you for this opportunity. having served on the ways and means committee for decades is a little embarrassing to see us debating a bill that goes nowhere. this is a political action that's taken by the majority to select provisions that are in the tax code to have those of us that advocate tax reform to just select those parts that appear to be very popular with some parts of our constituencies. there's nobody in this house that truly believes that this legislation, if passed, ever would become law, but it is something to be using in political campaigns as to what you voted for and why you voted against it. . to list yep to the other side talk, we have some very, very rich fathers. and just because they are in the family doesn't mean that they are not wealthy. first of all, let's go to the video. let's go to the facts and find out how many pool are going to be affected -- people are going to be affected. the statistics show that 99.2% .8% of the population of those peopl

mr. rangel hernandez's deferred status has bedescended a month or so ago. my question is, how many instances have been identified in the audit or review that were similar to mr. hernandez's and what is the current status of that review and the potential that others deferred status will also be rescinded and their disposition after it? secretary johnson: i know there have been a hauntful of others that have been identified in the same category. i do not know the status of whether they have been rescinded or not but we can get that information to you, sir. senator tillis: yeah. i'd like to get that and if possible on a -- to the extent that information is available, geographically what we're talking about if i have any other instances in north carolina i'd like to know about it but i'm sure the other members would be interested as well in each of their states. so i'd like to that and particularly as we go through this process for those that were granted deferred status, if there is a decision either because they've come up in the audit to continue to allow th

mr. rangel: i ask unanimous consent to address the house and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. rangel: i want to thank congressman hyundai and all the others who are asking that the prime minister of japan try to restore the integrity that has been built up to this great nation since the war. having been a combat soldier i know history will dictate that people are not particularly proud of what viciousness can come out of physical combat. without getting into the years of occupation that japan has caused so many koreans to suffer before the end of world war ii, we now have found that these two nations have rebuilt themselves to be our strongest security and trading partners. we should remove the stigma of lack of credibility from the government of japan and certainly i think that most americans who remember pearl harbor, i was a kid, but all i knew was that the japanese had attacked us. i can't begin to tell you the visions that they tried to have us. but today they're our friends. let's