Donald M. Payne: “My friends on the ground during the voting process have relayed stories of remarkable moments that illustrate the hope…”

I am pleased to yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Aguilar), the author of this commonsense legislation.

I was unable to cast my vote for Roll Call Votes Nos. 135 through 140. Had I been present, I would have voted: Nay on Roll Call Vote No. 135, LaLota Amendment No. 3 to H.R. 4639; Yea on Roll Call Vote No. 136, H.R. 4639, Nay on Roll Call…

I was unable to cast my vote for Roll Call Votes Nos. 143 through 152. Had I been present, I would have voted: ``Nay'' on Roll Call Vote No. 143, H.R. 3602; `'Nay'' on Roll Call Vote No. 144, Nunn Amendment No. 2 to H.R. 8038; ``Yea'' on…

Thanks to Mr. Kilmer and Mr. Timmons, you have already gotten a flavor of how we support the Congress as an institution. I now yield the floor to FMC board member Tom Graves of Georgia, who will tell you about FMC's many different programs…