Donald M. Payne: “We cannot play games with the funding for this Department because of a policy that you don't agree with in the Executive…”

I was unable to cast my vote for Roll Call Vote No. 142. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on H. Res. 1160.

I was unable to cast my vote for rollcall vote Nos. 710 through 717. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall vote No. 710, ``nay'' on rollcall vote No. 711, ``yea'' on rollcall vote No. 712, ``yea'' on rollcall vote No…

I thank the gentlewoman from Texas for giving me the opportunity to speak on my mentor, my hero, EBJ, who, you see, when I arrived in Congress 11 years ago after the death of my father, the late Donald Payne, Sr., EBJ put her arm around me…

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…