rangel. sip the gentleman from new york is recognized for -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for six minutes. mr. rangel: thank you, mr. speaker. let me thank chairman neal for the fantastic job he has done along with my good friend, mr. levin, for presenting the position of the ways and means committee which republican or democrat i we are so proud to be a part of. we have produced for this congress $30 billion of benefits to the american people . some may be critical because it's only for one year. but i think we have made it abundantly clear because we are on the brink of reform of the entire system, as mr. levin said, we got to study this to evaluate how we can better serve our teachers, our state and local governments in order to make certain that the things that everybody here is in support of can be made permanent so that they can plan and understand exactly where this congress is coming from for the people of the united states. it's interesting to no

rangel does, anyway. this is the same concept, the same indicator that there are those, and they are in positions of very high power related to our tax structural, that are being treated differently from the ordinary american. . the ordinary american that works in the oil field or the computer industry, if he fails to pay taxes or is late on the taxes, he gets penalty and interest. and he pays them. when the inch r.s. says you owe penalty and interest, you might question them, but when they show you what you owe them, you pay them. we don't get, oh, we forgot who you were, you don't have to pay penalties and interest, didn't realize you were secretary of the treasury or the chairman of the ways and means committee. we don't get treated that way. i don't get treated that way. i would argue that no member of this house gets treated that way with certain exceptions and those exceptions are not right. and this political correctness we've got going in this country, there are things that are right and things th

rangel: mr.peaker, i rise to call up h.r. 4154, the permanent estate tax relief for families, farmers, and small businesses act of 2009. and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 4154, a bill to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to repeal the new carryover basis rule in order to prevent tax increases and imposition of clines versions on many more estates than would benefit from repeal to retain the estate tax with a $3,500,000 exemption, and for other purposes. mr. rangel: i ask -- the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 941, the bill is considered as read. the gentleman from new york, mr. rangel -- mr. rangel: i ask that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. rangel: in addition, i along with ways and means ranking member david camp, have asked the n

rangel: thank you, mr. chairman. it's not just to make certain we have a place for our kids to learn, to become the leaders of tomorrow. but also that people can get bricks and mortar and rebuild those schools and renovate those schools and that's what we're doing. we've been able to make certain that at least the ways and means committee can join in with the other committees under the leadership of our great speaker and dave obey to be able to say, this is not all we want to do, this is all we can do. maybe over the holidays you might get back to your leadership and say, we've been faithful, but we found out that many in our districts have lost jobs, lost their home, lost their health insurance and really lost hope. just say no is not going to work. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. lewis: madam speaker, i recognize the ranking member of the ways and means committee for two minutes, mr. camp. the speak

rangel: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman is recognized. mr. rangel: let me first thank chairman neal for the great job that he's done over the years in terms of presenting legislation that is so sorely needed. this house -- and let me speculate in terms of how far it's going to go that we're going to have this partisanship in the house of representatives. you know, we have a saying that once we oversee -- once we leave overseas that we leave the republicanic and democratic label behind us -- whether it's the chinese or japanese or the european union, it seems to me that the pride we once had in terms of being the leader of the world, not only in fiscal policy but in foreign policy is on the line. no one out there in our communities are going to look at this as a republican issue or a democratic issue. they are going to look at it as an american issue. and they're going to look at the congress. why? because we have the full faith and credit of the united st

rangel: thank you, mr. chairman.t's not just to make certain we have a place for our kids to learn, to become the leaders of tomorrow. but also that people can get bricks and mortar and rebuild those schools and renovate those schools and that's what we're doing. we've been able to make certain that at least the ways and means committee can join in with the other committees under the leadership of our great speaker and dave obey to be able to say, this is not all we want to do, this is all we can do. maybe over the holidays you might get back to your leadership and say, we've been faithful, but we found out that many in our districts have lost jobs, lost their home, lost their health insurance and really lost hope. just say no is not going to work. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. lewis: madam speaker, i recognize the ranking member of the ways and means committee for two minutes, mr. camp. the speaker

rangel: thank you, mr. chairman. not just to make certain we have a place for our kids to learn, to become the leaders of tomorrow. but also that people can get bricks and mortar and rebuild those schools and renovate those schools and that's what we're doing. we've been able to make certain that at least the ways and means committee can join in with the other committees under the leadership of our great speaker and dave obey to be able to say, this is not all we want to do, this is all we can do. maybe over the holidays you might get back to your leadership and say, we've been faithful, but we found out that many in our districts have lost jobs, lost their home, lost their health insurance and really lost hope. just say no is not going to work. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. lewis: madam speaker, i recognize the ranking member of the ways and means committee for two minutes, mr. camp. the speaker pr

terms of where we are with regard to congress and holding them accountable to people like charlie rangel who have, obviously, broken the law, people like geithner who's running the treasury department who didn't pay his taxes, these individuals scratch each other's backs. i mean, watch the state of the union message or anytime you see congress together. watch to see the camaraderie, watch to see what goes on when people think they're not being watched. it's called preserving their own power. and if there's a movie, you know, i'm a comedian sometimes at night, i do a little stand-up comedy because if i don't laugh, i'll cry. and it doesn't sound like i'm very funny today, but there's a movie called distinguished gentlemen by eddie murphy. i think you ought to buy that. it's a very accurate rendition, and you have a guy who was a con man from miami who decided that he can run under a deceased congressman's name and goes up to washington, d.c. to confront all of these problems. and he realizes that the biggest con is to become a congressman in, on capitol hill. and that's really sad. that's

my husband has a question about charlie rangel. just a moment.ank you for your call. guest: the short answer is not reallyxd. i am frustrated by that in other areas as well. three years ago they said they were going to have the most open, ethical, and transparent congress in history. ever since then we have seen everything but that, with charges and allegations of people not paying their taxes, putting monies and to their freezers and others of the things. action on this matter has taken far too long. charlie rangel even said we should have an investigation, a hearing. as we sit here right now, you can see that there has been no final action on it. host: is the worst since a twitter message -- businesses will not hire or invest until customers, in the door, which will not happen until people have jobs. guest: that is true. also circular in that businesses will not invest until they know if their investments will pay off? the period -- pay off. action until they see what business is doing. we are creating a problem for businesses as well. if they

i yield to our chair, chairman rangel to give words of wisdom. chairman rangel. mr. rangel: permission to revise and extend. thank you, madam speaker. and once again, i thank judge, congresswoman fudge, for taking the time out as well as barbara lee for showing the depth of commitment that we in the congressional black caucus have not only in our communities that has had the brunt of economic setbacks but for the entire country. because in my experience, it appears as though our great nation's national security is at stake. we can talk about the terrorists. we can talk about those that are out to destroy our way of life, but we can destroy our own way of life, because what made america great is not the bankers, but those people who thought in this great country, they could aspire and work hard and no limits on what they could achieve. but unemployment is more than a statistic. loss of a job means more than losing your house and health care. it also means losing your dignity. i cannot foresee how it's possible to have an economic recovery and have a jobless state in t

charlie rangel said he was looking forward to the end of the iraq war. i said that even if you win back control of congress, how will you stop it, president bush will still be in the white house? he told me -- the power of the purse strings. cutting off war funding for the iraq war, that did not happen. there were high-profile showdowns with president bush. now that president obama is in the white house, democrats are very concerned. they thought that this president would get out of iraq quicker. and get out of afghanistan quicker. then there are others that note that osama bin laden is still on the loose and how are they going to get him if there is not a large presence in afghanistan? others counter that point and say that he is probably not in afghanistan, he is likely in pakistan. host: cambridge, andrew. good morning. caller: i am calling to say that in minnesota rehouse the largest -- hello? we house of the largest headquarters of the national guard. we are very upset with this. we feel that our troops have been used and abused enough. we are start

resolution with the gentleman from new york, the chairman of the ways and means committee, charles rangel. who introduced it. a. philip randolph was a towering figure in the movement for social justice in this country, particularly in the field of labor and civil rights. he is principally noted for beginning to -- for his efforts in organizing the porters, sleeping car porters on trains who were all african-americans and middle 20th century and he -- earlier. nearly 10,000 of them who have never been unionized before. he was able to do that and finally worked out a contract with -- in 1937 with pullman. then went to the afl-cio where they were able to gain an international charter. that was his major contribution . but to me what was so important was the work that he did with dr. martin luther king jr. because it was he who organized the march on washington for jobs and freedom august 28, 1963. i was a lawyer that was at that march. the first one that drew over 200,000 people and had a great effect on us moving to enact the civil rights act of 1964. there are books about him, but the stor

i look forward to working with the administration as well as my colleagues on the ways and rangel andirman levin as we continue to address trade issues in the coming year. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan. mr. levin: i urge passage and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4284. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts rise? mr. lynch: good afternoon, madam speaker. i move that the house suspend the rules and agree to senate 303 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: senate 303, an act to reauthorize and improve the federal

i certainly look forward to working with chairman rangel, chairman lewis and all the members of this committee over the months ahead to determine whether modifications to the financing structure of the airport and airway trust fund are warranted going forward. ways and means is clearly the appropriate committee of jurisdiction regarding these tax issues, and i anticipate working with other ways and means members of both parties to make sure we continue to shape f.a.a. re-authorization as it proceeds forward. i would note for my colleagues that under the congressional budget office baseline expiring excise taxes that are dedicated to a trust fund are assumed to be extended at current rates for budgeting purposes. consequently, the joint committee on taxation is expected to score h.r. 4217 as having no revenue effect, just as it has for similar short-term extensions of f.a.a. taxes in the past. while many members on our side of the aisle would argue that the congressional budget office and joint tax should make the same assumption about expiring tax relief as well, that is a bigger deb

charlie rangel said he was looking forward to the end of the iraq war. i said that even if you win back control of congress, how will you stop it, president bush will still be in the white house? he told me -- the power of the purse strings. cutting off war funding for the iraq war, that did not happen. there were high-profile showdowns with president bush. now that president obama is in the white house, democrats are very concerned. they thought that this president would get out of iraq quicker. and get out of afghanistan quicker. then there are others that note that osama bin laden is still on the loose and how are they going to get him if there is not a large presence in afghanistan? others counter that point and say that he is probably not in afghanistan, he is likely in pakistan. host: cambridge, andrew. good morning. caller: i am calling to say that in minnesota rehouse the largest -- hello? we house of the largest headquarters of the national guard. we are very upset with this. we feel that our troops have been used and abused enough. we are start

the tax cheats -- i hate to use that term, but it is true, especially when it comes to charlie rangelehavior with our speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, harry reid, barney frank, which to me are the trifecta of what happened with the housing market. guest: unfortunately, and i say unfortunately because i mean it, both sides have had plenty of problems. it really hurts. i believe in santa claus and the easter bunny. i really believe people who come to congress want to do right and they really care. if those that differ with me, fine, they differ with the brit every time something like that happens, it erodes the congress. it is like a dam. you are taking another little part about -- you are taking another part out of it. people say there they go, you have for the 20 people in the house working hard, good staff people on both sides. i think it is a shame because i believe you have a higher responsibility, a higher duty when you are in that office. there are higher standards you live to, and i do not think that is being done. it is very frustrating, and you know what i would like to see

and i also thank chairman rangel for his work and also particularly the gentleman from north dakota for his long-time dedication to resolving this issue and making it fair and permanent for families who are trying to plan estates. mr. speaker, i rise today to speak against the motion to recommit and in favor of h.r. 4154, the permanent estate tax relief for families, farmers, and small business act of 2009. the bill before us creates permanent financial guidelines for the future of families, farmers, and small businesses across this country. due to the policy enacted in 2001 under the republican leadership, financial planning for a states since then has been at best unpredictable, a crapshoot for now a decade. the leadership at that time had a chance to fix this problem because we had surpluses as far as the eye could see, but they failed to act and by doing so they failed hundreds -- or thousands ever families in this country. -- of families in this contry. despite as i said earlier, a picture of record surpluses as far as the eye could see. instead a policy was created instead a polic