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March 27, 2009
Harlem Students Organize Youth Financial Summit
Rangel joins Harlem Children's Zone students in promoting the Earned Income Tax Credit and other financial resources for children and families. Students of the Harlem Children’s Zone and the office of Congressman Rangel will host a youth financial summit on March 28 from 2 -6 p.m. at the Harlem Children Zone(35 E. 125th Street) to educate youth on the important financial resources and benefits for themselves and their families, including the benefits of the earned income tax credit.The HCZ Youth Giving Back Financial Summit, entitled "Before We Make Dollars, We Have To Make Sense," is a product of the Harlem …more

March 13, 2009
House Passes Rangel Bill to Designate Ron Brown Building
The United States House of Representatives has passed a bill sponsored by Congressman Rangel to designate a new State Department building in New York City after Ronald H. Brown, the late Commerce Department Secretary and New York resident who died in a plane crash in 1996.  The legislation now awaits action in the Senate.The 26-story building, located at 799 United Nations Plaza across the street from the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly, would house the United States delegation to the U.N., which carries out the nation's participation in the world body. "I want to thank Ron Brown's family, his community, …more

March 13, 2009
Rangel Urges Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano to Reconsider Deporting 30,000 Haitian Immigrants
In an effort to stop the deportation of 30,000 Haitian immigrants, Cong. Charles Rangel reached out to the Secretary of Homeland Security in a final effort to grant the Haitian nationals with Temporary Protective Status (TPS).In an ongoing dispute which started on December 5th, before the Bush Administration left office, the U.S. government has been pressuring the Haitian consular offices in the U.S. to provide travel documentation to immigrants targeted for deportation.In the letter issued to Secretary Janet Napolitano on March 9th, the Congressman asked the Secretary to consider granting TPS status on these immigrants because "...to send an additional …more

February 26, 2009
Rangel Pays Tribute to West Harlem Housing Advocate
U.S. Representative Charles B. Rangel paid tribute yesterday in Congress to the life of Jordi Reyes-Montblanc, former Manhattan Community Board 9 chairman, who passed away in December 2008:  "With profound sorrow, I ascend to celebrate the life of my dear friend, Jordi Reyes-Montblanc.  For decades he was one of the area's most energetic activists who championed for affordable housing and homeownership for New Yorkers of modest means.  He even led the conversion of his own building to a limited-equity co-op.  This activism secured his appointment to Community Board 9 and then its chairmanship.  His outspoken criticism of Columbia University's expansion …more