Pelosi Statement on Chairman Charles Rangel

WASHINGTON, March 3  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement this morning on Chairman Charles B. Rangel:

"Chairman Charlie Rangel has informed me of his request for a leave of absence from his duties and responsibilities as Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means. I will honor his request.

"I commend Chairman Rangel for his decades of leadership on jobs, health care, and the most significant economic issues of the day."

SOURCE Office of the Speaker of the House