Rangel: What Happens on the House Floor Stays on the House Floor!
Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 03:24 PM
WNYC
From a longer story on Rangel's presser today:
[I tried] asking Rangel to explain part of his speech on the House floor Tuesday, when he reminded colleagues that he had given many of them campaign contributions over the years.
Rangel though, did not want to discuss it.“What happens on the House floor stays on the House floor as a part of the congressional record. What happens to me in Harlem, Washington Heights, El Barrio, the West Side, I’m yours,” he said.
That part of the speech inspired a New York Times editorial, saying Rangel unintentionally bolstered the case for stronger campaign finance regulations.
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