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Without question, conditions in the Haiti are worse since Aristide's removal, and continue to deteriorate.

We owe it to the flood victims of New Orleans to give them truthful answers as to why this event took place and to assure our citizens that tragedies like this will never happen again.

We love the ability of the people to influence the actions of decision-makers, of lawmakers and presidents to be removed from or elevated to office by the will of voters, and of the community to connect amongst diverse populations through the ballot box.

Today many Caribbean workers can be found in the hospital, construction, service and hotel industries, but there is also a growing professional sector.

At least 23,000 civilians have also died in the Iraqi killing field and the U.S. is stuck in a quagmire.

Charles Rangel

Killing

Meanwhile, our young men and women whose economic circumstances make military service a viable career choice are dying bravely in a war with no end in sight.

If we believe in our current penal process, then the penalties imposed by judges and juries should be the only sanctions for one's crime, not the invisible sanctions of the legislature.

Charles Rangel

Crime

Judges

I'm in the kitchen and I'm not walking out.

Charles Rangel

Kitchen

Walking

I, for one, would think both about how far we have come as a country and how much further we need to go to erase racism and discrimination from our society.

I am struck by how casually we as a nation react to the carnage in Iraq.

Charles Rangel

Iraq

Nation

Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all.

The challenges African-Americans are facing today are rooted in the system of slavery.

As a nation we should commit ourselves not only to the fight against terrorism, but to economic justice, defeat of the AIDS epidemic and vestiges of discriminatory policies of all kinds.

Regardless of the nature of their crime or any rehabilitation that may have occurred, these ex-felons cannot participate in the decision-making process of this great Nation.

The Iraq war took priority over domestic disaster prevention.