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Budget YES Medicare NO Defense YES Abortion YES Guns YES Gays YES Bosnia NR NAFTA NR Welfare YES Medical Leave YES (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: [Referring to Rangel] "Chairing the Ways and Means Committee does not translate into a means or a way of delivering the 15th Congressional District out of despair."
CHARLES RANGEL (D) District 15
BORN: June 11, 1930, New York City EDUCATION: New York U, B.S., 1957; St. John's U, LL.B., 1960 FAMILY: Wife, Alma; two children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: Army, 1948-52 OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: New York Assembly, 1967-70; U.S. House, 1970- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 5577 Manhattanville Station, New York 10027. Tel.: 212-665-8550
Rangel, with his familiar raspy voice and diamond-in-the-rough demeanor, has 26 years under his belt as the Harlem Congressman who succeeded Adam Clayton Powell. He has done enough TV to gain national stature, and has the House seniority to be a contender to chair the mighty Ways and Means Committee. Rangel's longstanding priority is bringing education, jobs and job training to his district so that Harlem can again be the flourishing community it was in the '20s and '30s.
THE ISSUES
Budget NO Medicare NO Defense YES Abortion NO Guns YES Gays NO Bosnia NO NAFTA NO Welfare NO Medical Leave YES (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "Black folks are being hurt as we never have before...The same thing happened in Germany, where people thought this was happening to somebody else. But they will find out they're on the list too."
JOSE SERRANO (D) District 16 (South Bronx)
BORN: Oct. 24, 1943, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico EDUCATION: Dodge Vocational High School, diploma, 1961 FAMILY: Wife, Mary Staucet; five children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: Army Medical Corps, 1964-66 OCCUPATION: Public official POLITICAL CAREER: New York Assembly, 1975-90; sought Democratic nomination for Bronx borough president, 1985; U.S. House, 1990- ADDRESS: 203 West 90th Street, Apt. 4B, New York 10024. Tel.: 212-496-6101
Representing the 16th District is not the most glamorous job: Serrano's constituents live in one of the most poverty-ridden areas in the nation. In an attempt to fight the district's urban ills, he's sponsoring a trust fund that, if passed, will let taxpayers contribute $1 from their tax refund to help revitalize public libraries nationwide.
THE ISSUES
Budget NO Medicare NO Defense YES Abortion NO Guns YES Gays NO Bosnia NO NAFTA NO Welfare NO Medical Leave YES (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: [On welfare reform] "It is immoral to ask our children and legal immigrants, who have played by the rules and pay taxes, to pay for the flaws of a workplace."
RODNEY TORRES (R) District 16
BORN: NR EDUCATION: NR FAMILY: NR RELIGION: NR MILITARY: NR OCCUPATION: NR POLITICAL CAREER: NR ADDRESS: 962 East 172nd Street, The Bronx 10460