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Lofgren, Zoe - U.S. Representative, [D] California
ANY TIME. THIS HEARING OF THE COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT IN THE MATTER OF REPRESENTATIVE CHARLES B. RANGEL WILL COME TO ORDER. WHEN I...
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| 00:07:25 |
Bonner, Josiah "Jo" - U.S. Representative, [R] Alabama
WE ARE AT THE END OF A LONG AND DIFFICULT TASK. AND LET ME SPEAK FOR JUST A MOMENT ABOUT WHAT MAKES THIS SO UNPLEASANT. I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT MANY NEWLY...
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| 00:16:04 |
Chisam, Blake - Chief Counsel and Staff Director
EXPLICIT IN THE CONSTITUTION. ARTICLE ONE, SECTION FIVE PROVIDES EACH HOUSE MAY PUNISH ITS MEMBERS FOR DISORDERLY BEHAVIOR AND WITH THE CONCURRENCE...
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| 00:39:20 |
Rangel, Charles B. - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
AND I KNOW NONE OF YOU WOULD HAVE VOLUNTEERED FOR THIS SERVICE. NOR WOULD YOU HAVE BELIEVED THAT THIS CASE WOULD HAVE TAKEN AS LONG THAT IT DID TAKE....
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| 00:52:46 |
Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
BROTHER CHARLIE RANGEL. I MUST SAY UPFRONT THAT I DO NOT KNOW THE FACTS IN THIS CASE. I HAVE KNOWN MR. RANGEL FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS. HE IS A COMMITTED...
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| 00:55:02 |
Lofgren, Zoe - U.S. Representative, [D] California
FOR GUIDANCE. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN NOTICED THAT WE HAVE A RECORDED VOTE. SO THAT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. I RETRACT THE STATEMENT. ARE RECORDED VOTE HAS...
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| 00:55:46 |
Bonner, Josiah "Jo" - U.S. Representative, [R] Alabama
RANGEL ABOUT TWO MATTERS THAT HE RAISED IN HIS STATEMENT. MR. LEWIS REFERENCED THE FACT THAT AS A YOUNG MAN MR. RANGEL VOLUNTEERED IN CAME AND MARCHED...
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| 00:59:09 |
Rangel, Charles B. - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
THE QUESTIONS AS TO CORRUPTION AND SELF INTEREST CULDOULD BE ANSWERED, THAT THE LANDLORD COULD TELL ME THAT HE SOLICITED ME. HE WAS NOT DOING ME ANY...
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| 01:00:11 |
Lofgren, Zoe - U.S. Representative, [D] California
THE OTHER MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS? MR. MCCALL? >> THAT ME SAY FIRST THAT THAT WAS A TRIBUTE -- I WAS AT A TRIBUTE LAST NIGHT, MR. LEWIS, TO YOU. I WANT...
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| 01:00:28 |
McCaul, Michael - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
MOVEMENT. I THINK A LOT HAS BEEN MADE OF THE ISSUE OF SELF INTEREST AND CORRUPTION AND THE CHIEF COUNSEL OR PROSECUTOR HASN'T GOTTEN WIDELY PUBLICIZED...
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| 01:03:58 |
Rangel, Charles B. - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
CITY COLLEGE CAME TO ME. HAD THE WITNESSES AND HEAR, IT WOULD OF BEEN MADE ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT I WAS NOT TRYING TO CRIMINALLY HIDE ANYTHING FROM THE...
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| 01:06:24 |
Chisam, Blake - Chief Counsel and Staff Director
THE OTHER DAY I ANSWERED A QUESTION. I ANSWERED IT BASED ON MY READING OF THE RECORD, THE INTERVIEWS THAT I HAVE CONDUCTED, THE PEOPLE I HAVE TALKED TO....
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| 01:07:25 |
Conaway, K. "Mike" Michael - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
CENTER FOR PUBLIC- SERVICE AND THE APPROACH DO WITH THAT IDEA. IS THAT WHAT YOU JUST TOLD US? >> I HAVE LEFT THE CLINTON LIBRARY WITH A MEMBER OF CONGRESS...
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| 01:07:44 |
Rangel, Charles B. - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
PRESIDENT OF CITY COLLEGE, AND HE ASKED ME WHETHER OR NOT QUIET -- -- WHAT I WOULD DO WITH MY PAPERS. AND I TOLD HIM SINCECALL IN PAUL HAD SOMETHING...
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| 01:11:11 |
Dent, Charles "Charlie" - U.S. Representative, [R] Pennsylvania
TO DETERMINE THE CORRUPTION. I THINK THE JUDGING WILL BE WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ON THAT QUESTION. WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DO WITH TODAY ARE THE VARIOUS...
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| 01:12:00 |
Rangel, Charles B. - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
ACCOUNTANT TOLD ME TO PAY. I HAVE ALWAYS HAD AN ACCOUNTANT, AND WHAT EVER THEY ARE SAID TO DO TO AMEND RETURNS, I HAVE DONE. THAT IS TRUE OF DISCLOSURE...
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| 01:14:18 |
Chisam, Blake - Chief Counsel and Staff Director
AN INSTITUTION BUTTHAT JUDGES ITSELF. AND THAT YOUR CONSCIENCE, EACH MEMBER'S CONSCIENCE, AND THE VARIABLES THAT REFLECT ON THIS INSTITUTION MAY BE CONSIDERED...
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| 01:16:07 |
Lofgren, Zoe - U.S. Representative, [D] California
HEARING THAT THE RESPONDER WAS NOT UNDER OUR RULES REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE. >> BUT HE HAS COUNSEL, AND SINCE I DO NOT HAVE COUNSEL, I THOUGHT I COULD...
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| 01:16:41 |
Dent, Charles "Charlie" - U.S. Representative, [R] Pennsylvania
IT WAS UNDERSTOOD AS THE CHAIR SAID THAT I DID NOT HAVE TO COME HERE DURING THE PROCEEDINGS. TWO,
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| 01:16:55 |
Rangel, Charles B. - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
NO ONE CHALLENGES THE FACT THAT I HAD EXPECTED TO HAVE COUNSEL HERE. AT THIRD, NO ONE COULD EXPECT ME TO SUBMIT TO QUESTIONING WITHOUT A LAWYER HERE....
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| 01:18:32 |
Rangel, Charles B. - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
I WAS -- COULD I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO TELL COUNCIL WHAT I WAS TOLD IN REGARDS TO THIS HEARING? I WAS TOLD I WOULD HAVE THE CHANCE TO CROSS-EXAMINE...
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| 01:18:52 |
Lofgren, Zoe - U.S. Representative, [D] California
I WILL ALLOW A BRIEF INTERPLAY WITH THE INDULGENCE OF THE MEMBERS ON THAT POINT AND THEN WE WILL GO TO THE LAST VOTE FOR THE DAY, RETURN, FINISH OUR ...
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| 01:19:37 |
Chisam, Blake - Chief Counsel and Staff Director
THE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE ACCOUNT -- COUNT, THE COUNTS RELATING TO THE NON-PAYMENT OF TAXES, AND THE SOLICITATION COUNTS, AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH...
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| 01:22:21 |
Lofgren, Zoe - U.S. Representative, [D] California
ALL OF THE SUBPOENAED WITNESSES IN THE BUILDING. AS I INDICATED ON THE RECORD, WE WERE PREPARED TO PROCEED WITH THE HEARING IF MR. RANGEL CHOSE TO DO...
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| 01:25:36 |
Lofgren, Zoe - U.S. Representative, [D] California
THE COMMITTEE WILL COME BACK TO ORDER. WHEN WE LEFT FOR VOTES, WE WERE UNDER A FIVE MINUTE RULE. MR. HARPER HAD JUST ASKED HIS QUESTIONS. I WILL NOW ASK...
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| 01:25:58 |
Chandler, Albert "Ben" - U.S. Representative, [D] Kentucky
KNOW THAT PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF THIS INSTITUTION IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, ALTHOUGH I MUST SAY THAT SOME PEOPLE WOULD QUESTION WHETHER THERE IS...
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| 01:28:41 |
Chisam, Blake - Chief Counsel and Staff Director
DONE IN SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES. AM I CORRECT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN FOUR INSTANCES OF CENSURED? >> THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MORE CENSURES IN THE HISTORY OF...
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| 01:31:55 |
Butterfield, G. "George" K. - U.S. Representative, [D] North Carolina
YOU VERY MUCH. I HAVE HEARD THAT THIS IS A DIFFICULT CASE. DIFFICULT IT IS. IT IS DIFFICULT FOR ME, FIRST OF ALL, BECAUSE I HAVE NOT HAD STAFF OR COUNSEL...
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| 01:37:36 |
Welch, Peter - U.S. Representative, [D] Vermont
RANGEL SHOULD NOT HAVE USED HIS STAFF AND HIS OFFICE TO SOLICIT FUNDS, EVEN THOUGH THE FUNDS BEING SOLICITED OR FOR A PRIVATE, NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL...
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| 01:43:32 |
Rangel, Charles B. - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
WHATEVER ELSE GOD HAS GIVEN ME, I AM DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY GOAL TO HELP PEOPLE AND TO THANK GOD FOR WHAT...
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| 01:47:13 |
Conaway, K. "Mike" Michael - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
DELIBERATION PHASE. IF WE GO BEHIND THAT DOOR, THEN NOTHING SAID WILL BE KNOWN. I AM CONFUSED. WE HAVE THAT STATEMENT. >> WE ARE PADDING NUMBER OF STATEMENTS...
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| 01:47:40 |
Lofgren, Zoe - U.S. Representative, [D] California
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL RECESS. THANK YOU. >>[CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE] [CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT NATIONAL CABLE SATELLITE CORP....
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| 01:51:41 |
Lofgren, Zoe - U.S. Representative, [D] California
DELIBERATION, THEY VOTED 9-1 TO RECOMMEND THAT MR. CHARLIE RANGEL THE CENSORED BY THE HOUSE AND BE REQUIRED TO PAY RESTITUTION FOR ANY UNPAID TAXES....
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| 01:52:54 |
Rangel, Charles B. - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
HOW MUCH DISCUSSION WENT INTO THIS DECISION. AS I STARTED OUT RIVERA, I HOPE THAT YOU CAN SEE A WAY CLEAR- CUT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE RECORD WOULD...
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| 01:53:32 |
Lofgren, Zoe - U.S. Representative, [D] California
OUR REPORT TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE WEBSITE LATER THIS EVENING. WITH THAT, THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENT. THE COMMITTEE IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO...
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