Former New York Representative Charles Rangel, founding member of Caucus Negro Congress who spent more than four decades in the Chamber, has died, according to Wabc. He was 94 years old.
Rangel, a Democrat, served in the Chamber from 1971 to 2017, spending part of his mandate as president of the House Media and Media Committee. After leaving Congress, Rangel served as a residence statesman at the City College of New York, Your website said.
“Rangel was a war hero, history congressman and legislator,” the university wrote in an Obit for Rangel, and then added that he was “recognized as one of the most worker legislators in Congress.”
Charles Rangel attends Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney Reaeriser at the Princeton Club of New York, April 24, 2017, in New York.
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While in Congress, Rangel, often known as the “lion of Lenox Avenue” for its Harlem district, achieved many notable novelties during its 46 years in Congress: he was a founding member of the Black Caucus of Congress in 1971 and became the first black president of the Ways and Meals Committee in 2007.
He resigned to lead the committee of forms and media in the middle of an ethics scandal for violating the rules of the house. Rangel was accused of 13 positions to violate those rules, but emphatically denied any irregularity. Finally, it was discovered that Rangel had raped 11 separate rules from the camera and was censored, a public shame in the camera’s well. That vote made him the 23rd chamber member to be censored, and the first in almost 30 years.
Even so, after being wrapped in the scandal, Rangel was re -elected and went on to meet two more periods in Congress, and was still widely respected. While he was censored, he talked about being injured in the Korean war, so he received a purple heart and a bronze star, and not having another bad day since then.
‘Nature transformation force’
After the news of his death, the taxes arrived from those who worked with the former congressman.
Leader of the Chamber of Representatives and Companion New Yorker Hakeem Jeffries honored Rangel on Monday morning, recognizing his service in the Army and Congress in a Publish in x.
“Representative Charlie Rangel was a phenomenal patriot, hero, statesman, leader, pioneer, change agent & Champion for Justice. The Lenox Ave lion was a transforming force of nature. Harlem, NYC & America is better today due to your service. That forever would rest in power, “Jeffries published in X.
Chuck Schumer Senate Minority Leader Posted in x On Monday, that Rangel “was a great man, a great friend and someone who never stopped fighting for his voters and the best of the United States.”
“The list of his achievements could take pages, but he leaves the world a much better place than he found,” said Schumer.
