Donald M. Payne: “We should be spending the taxpayers' money as we would our own, and that is where I will close.”

I thank my colleagues, the gentleman from Illinois and the gentlewoman from Florida, for their leadership in the Congressional Black Caucus Special Order hour this First Session of the 118th Congress. They have demonstrated, even as…

Let me first thank the gentlewoman from Florida (Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick) for allowing me the opportunity to speak today and also the gentleman from Illinois, her great partner, the Honorable Jonathan Jackson, who comes from a lineage of…

I was unable to cast my vote for Roll Call Vote No. 141. Had I been present, I would have voted Yea on adoption of H. Res. 1143.

Today I rise to support Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and declare this Congress a Republican do-nothing Congress of epic proportions. House Republicans continue to focus on chaos, dysfunction, and extremism. They continue to put…