Charles B. Rangel

Dr. King's famous 'I Have a Dream' speech was delivered at 'The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom,' a call to justice beyond the traditional civil rights movement's focus. ”

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. ”

The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond to the young workers of the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the same way. ”

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. ”

A default on our debts as a result of not meeting our obligations would be a disaster for the stock market, and Americans would see their retirement funds shrivel up. ”

After the threat of war is gone, we should not turn our backs on the men and women who eliminated that threat. We should embrace them and keep our promises we made to them. ”

If you are spending too much, you cut back on spending and you raise your revenues. And that's it. ”

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

Since we replaced the compulsory military draft with an all-volunteer force in 1973, our nation has been making decisions about wars without worry over who fights them. I sincerely believe that reinstating the draft would compel the American public to have a stake in the wars we fight as a nation. ”

Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day. ”