Honorable Charles Rangel
United States Representative, New York, Democrat
Representative Rangel, of the Fifteenth District of New York, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1970. He served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York from 1959 to 1964; as Legal Counsel to the New York City Housing and Redevelopment Board, Neighborhood Conservation Bureau from 1963 to 1968; and as General Counsel to the National Advisory Commission on Selective Service in 1966. The following is from a January 7, 2003, statement titled "War’s Burden Must Be Shared."Some people have questioned my motives for introducing legislation to reinstitute the military draft and requiring…
