Charles Rangel in To Save America, by Newt Gingrich

On Government Reform: Leave of absence as committee chair for ethics investigation

Congressman, Charles Rangel from New York has taken a "leave of absence" from his position as head of the committee that writes our tax laws, is under an ethics committee investigation for alleged tax dodging, filing deficient financial disclosure forms, and other charges. Although the committee "admonished" him--its weakest reprimand--for taking corporate-sponsored trips to the Caribbean, [While some] Democratic colleagues called for Rangel to step down as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, Speaker Nancy Pelosi stressed that Rangel's actions we "not something that jeopardized our country in any way." Is this the new ethical standard we were promised--that corruption is acceptable as long as it doesn't "jeopardize" the country?

Five others in Congress who took the same Caribbean trips as Congressman Rangel were cleared after claiming they did not realize the trips were sponsored by corporations, even though they repeatedly took pictures in front of corporate logos.

Source: To Save America, by Newt Gingrich, p. 59-60 May 17, 2010

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