Donald M. Payne: “In the end, we will not remember the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”

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…

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…

shortly after I was elected to represent Virginia's Fifth Congressional District, I learned of the Sandy River Reservoir. It was a local project which was much-needed to provide drinking water in my district. The county had spent millions…

I thank the gentlewoman from Florida for her leadership in this Congress on these important Special Order hours that the CBC has been involved in. She has done an exemplary job in making sure she is able to rally the cattle and keep them…