Nancy Pelosi actually said...

"The House has lost a distinguished friend and a distinguished colleague in the gentleman from New Jersey."

"He is always a source of strength to us, putting in perspective the fragility of life."

"There are very few people that you can say 'someone like Donald Payne,' because he was exceptional and unique."

"I urge all of my colleagues to set partisan politics aside for a moment and consider carefully the accommodations that the Administration has proposed."