I am sorry, but, I do not support the proceedings that were carried out against Representative Rengel. He needs to return to his duties of Chair to House Ways and Means for the remainder of this session.
The complaint was full of revenge and not VALID concern for the basis of corruption. There was no corruption found and the proceedings were a witch hunt at very best.
I thought Representative Lewis was more than eloquent when he spoke of his friend of fifty years and that matters. When a peer can come forward and speak well of Rep. Rengel after all the charges were finalized, he was doing so at his own peril and willingly came forward to do so. That is admirable and stands for a great deal of compassion for the work and the work load of an eighty year old legislator that saw his fair share of hardship within Black America.
The poor reporting of taxes began when he was 63 years old. Yet, today the Ethics Committee demanded his years of loyal and dedicated service meant nothing. NOTHING. If that is the case then the CHARGES originating seventeen years ago mean nothing as well.
The proceedings from the start of the allogations to the completion today have been nothing more than an outrage and should have never occurred. Dear God, seventeen years ago? That isn't even within the statutes of limitations of most criminal charges don't go back that far. You would think the man committed murder.
Representativer Rengal needs to back to work in dignity for the rest of his years.
