[the_Watchman]

"When you violate the public trust, different rules apply - the same thing we have in charitable organizations, 501(c)3 when they have excessive payment in certain areas that we're able to penalize them for," Rangel said.

Did he actually say "able to penalize" rather than "have to penalize"? Is this a Freudian slip?

[keepitreal]

Did he actually say "able to penalize" rather than "have to penalize"? Is this a Freudian slip?

And the fact that he used the word "penalize" shows the intent of this bill - a punitive bill designed to penalize (same root as the word penal). Thus this is a bill of attainder.