Lucas,
I'm excited to spend my final term in Congress with House Democratic
Leader Nancy Pelosi and the leadership team we elected today. We're
going to spend the next two years standing together against Republican attacks.
We'll be working alongside a leadership team that represents the breadth
and diversity of America. Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, Assistant Democratic
Leader James Clyburn, Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra and our Vice Chairman,
New York's own Joe Crowley, will continue to do an excellent job leading
our Party. And I'm excited that the newest member of the leadership
team, Ben Ray Lujan, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign
Committee, is the first Latino party campaign chairman.
They are a great team that will be make us proud.
Our Democratic leaders hail from every corner of the country, every community.
It's such a contrast to see John Boehner's Tea Party Republicans
and then to look across the aisle at Congressional Democrats. There are
now more than 100 women in Congress and a majority of the Democratic caucus
is women or people of color. We stand for all Americans and we're
going to keep fighting for all of us.
Will you contribute today so we can work together to advance our cause?
With Republicans in the majority, it's so important that we have strong
leadership that fights back against their attacks on our values. The newly-elected
Tea Party Republicans are already talking about shutting down the government,
repealing the Affordable Care Act that I sponsored, and impeaching the
President.
Luckily, Nancy Pelosi and our Democratic leadership is going to stand
up for our values. I'm eager to be on the front-lines as we fight
for working families.
Stand with me and our Democratic leadership against John Boehner and Tea
Party Republicans in Congress.
Thank you,
Charles B. Rangel
Member of Congress