Committees and Caucuses
In 2007, Congressman Charles Rangel became the first African American to chair the oldest and arguably the most powerful Commitee in the House of Representatives, the Ways and Means Commitee. As a senior member of the Commitee and the Joint Committee on Taxation, he continues to wield influence over tax revenue legislation and oversight authority over the major issues of the day – economic policy, international trade, welfare, Social Security, Medicare, and health care.
CAUCUSES
Congressman Rangel is a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus.
As the current longest-serving Congressional member from New York, he is dean of the New York State Congressional Delegation.
He was a founding member of the Out-of-Iraq Caucus.
He is an officer for the Congressional Taskforce on Illegal Guns and the Congressional Glaucoma Caucus.
He is a member of the Congressional
- Progressive Caucus
- Bipartisan Addiction, Treatment and Recovery Caucus
- 21st Century Health Care Caucus
- Africa Partnership for Economic Growth Caucus
- Afterschool Caucus
- Bicameral Caucus on Parkinson’s Disease
- Army Caucus
- Bipartisan Taskforce on Alzheimer's Disease
- Arts Caucus
- Boating Caucus
- Caribbean Caucus
- Caucus for Women's Issues
- Caucus on Armenian Issues
- Caucus on Community Health Centers
- Caucus on Hellenic Issues
- Caucus on India and Indian Americans
- Coalition on Adoption
- Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus
- Fire Services Caucus
- Human Rights Caucus
- Kidney Caucus
- Labor and Working Families Caucus
- Real Estate Caucus
- Refugee Caucus
- Cancer Action Caucus
- Navy/Marine Corps Caucus
- Rural Housing Caucus