I am running for re-election no matter who runs.
I have a record that I'm so very, very proud of, and no campaign is going to take that away.
I'm just glad that my community has faith and confidence in me.
If there's no relationship with a father who's absent, nobody talks about it.
If you are spending too much, you cut back on spending and you raise your revenues. And that's it.
My father was absolutely no good.
Reapportionment is not friendly to a lot of communities and it hasn't been too friendly to mine.
The victor will be the one who gets the most voters out.
I don't know whether the number of any particular Latino group has made or will make any particular difference in the issues that I am concerned with.
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.
At least 23,000 civilians have also died in the Iraqi killing field and the U.S. is stuck in a quagmire.