Charles Rangel

U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Littleton) feels Charlie Rangel's pain for being lost in translation.

On Wednesday, as reported in the Colorado Independent, Tancredo invited the embattled New York Congressman to co-sponsor his legislation to make English the official language of the United States.

Rangel is in trouble for failing to report $75,000 worth of rental income he received from a luxury villa in the Dominican Republic. Last week, Rangel said he hadn't been aware of the problem because he had trouble getting financial statements from his managers in the Caribbean nation.

"Every time I thought I was getting somewhere, they'd start speaking Spanish," Rangel said.