Donald M. Payne: “Chairman Kilmer, thank you very much, and Vice Chairman Timmons. You have done a tremendous job with your leadership on…”

“Chairman Kilmer, thank you very much, and Vice Chairman Timmons. You have done a tremendous job with your leadership on this very important initiative for the Congress and the country. In New York in June, we had an opportunity to recognize both of them with the Distinguished Service Award. Thank you again. What you just heard is really a prime example of how we at FMC can support Congress as an institution. We are really very proud to be invited to do so. At this juncture, let me give you a little more background on FMC. As I said, we were incorporated over 50 years ago as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable and educational organization. We are chartered by Congress, but we receive absolutely no funds from Congress or the government. No taxpayer dollars are earmarked for any FMC program, and that is a fact and one that we are very proud of. Everything we do is self-funded through membership dues, through fundraising events, and through program-specific grants. Our most recent audit proclaimed us fiscally sound and financially healthy. One of the most immediate and most impactful ways you, as returning Members, can support FMC financially is by considering to be a sustaining member of FMC. We now have more than five dozen, almost six dozen former Members who have made this notable commitment to FMC.…”