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Charles B. Rangel


 

Charles Bernard Rangel (born June 11, 1930) is an American politician. He has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1971, representing the Fifteenth Congressional District of New York (map), since 1993 (before that, because of the redrawing of district boundaries, he had represented the Eighteenth District, 19711973; Nineteenth District, 19731983; and Sixteenth District, 19831993). He was born in New York City and served in the United States Army from 1948 to 1952, earning a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star for his service in the Korean War. He attended New York University and obtained a degree in Law from St. John's University.

Legislation sponsored by Rangel