Donald M. Payne

Please give us the resources and the funding we need to do this job. Do not cut our legs from under us.

Thank you. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee). {time} 2015

I thank the gentleman from New York. His kind thoughts and perspective is always, always needed in this House. Now, I have the honor and the privilege of yielding to the gentlewoman from Alabama (Ms. Sewell), who represents the city, the…

I thank the gentlewoman. Mr. Speaker, at this time, it is my honor and privilege for the first time in the 114th Congress to have the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, G.K. Butterfield, address us, and I yield to the gentleman.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We are looking forward to your leadership in the 114th Congress, and we will continue to strive to make sure that the issues that the CBC find important are relevant on the day-to-day basis. Now, Mr. Speaker, I…

I thank Mr. Clyburn. As in the past, the Congressional Black Caucus will work to continue to reduce the epidemic of poverty in this country. When over 45 million Americans live below the poverty line, we are failing as a nation. As…

I want to begin by welcoming our new members and by thanking the gentlewoman from Ohio, Congresswoman Marcia Fudge, for her leadership of the Congressional Black Caucus during the 113th Congress. Thanks to her dedication and tireless work…

I want to thank the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton) for yielding me this time. Last Congress, the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications held a series of hearings examining how the…

The Medical Preparedness Allowable Use Act is a good bill, and it has my support. The gentleman from Florida has given us a piece of commonsense legislation, and this is the type of legislation, when it comes to keeping our Nation safe…

I have no further requests for time on my side. If my colleague on the other side is ready to close, I am as well.

I have no more speakers, and I am prepared to close. Mr. Speaker, TSA must be able to talk to FEMA and the Coast Guard during an emergency, be it a terrorist incident or natural disaster. For that reason, the achievement of cross-component…

On rollcall No. 4, had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' Motion to Commit

Hands up; don't shoot. The recent events in Ferguson have brought to light many of the problems that still exist in our Nation: racial divides, mistrust of law enforcement, a judicial system that disproportionately incarcerates black men…

I stand today with my colleagues in remembering the more than 200 girls who were abducted from their school on April 14, 2014. It is hard to imagine the fear, pain and the anguish they have suffered at the hands of the monsters who…

Let me say thank you to my colleague, the gentleman from Nevada, and also the gentleman from New York (Mr. Jeffries), who have demonstrated true leadership in this freshman class and having shown and demonstrated time and time again during…

With just 2 days left until the Congress leaves for a 5-week recess, I rise today to urge my colleagues to take the little time we have left to address the issues that are most important to the American people. As we speak, Republicans in…

To my colleagues, the gentleman from Nevada and the gentleman from New York who have done an outstanding job of managing these Special Orders, I would just like to thank them for the opportunity to come out and speak on this matter, this…

In closing, I want to thank Chairman McCaul and Ranking Member Thompson, Chairman Meehan, and Ranking Member Clarke for really showing us what a bipartisan effort is all about. At Homeland Security, we all have a common goal, which is to…

Over the weekend, my district endured a tremendous tragedy. Early Sunday morning, Jersey City Police Officer Melvin Santiago was shot at close range and killed in the line of duty by a madman with a gun. At the young age of 23, Officer…

And I rise in support of H.R. 4263, the Social Media Working Group Act of 2014. The Internet has changed the world. It has changed how the government serves its citizens, how businesses serve their customers, and how the public engages in…

We are here today to celebrate two very different anniversaries. Fifty years ago, we enjoyed the Freedom Summer and the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that paved the way for voting rights in this country. Sadly, Mr. Speaker, 49…

I follow the gentleman from New York. I rise today because I think it is absolutely unconscionable that after more than 6 months the House Republicans continue to fail to act to extend unemployment benefits. There are more than 3 million…

The Department of Homeland Security's decision to cancel the BioWatch Gen-3 acquisition raises several questions, but I think that they can be boiled down to two.

On rollcall No. 193, please let the record show that my vote on final passage would have been a ``yes.'' Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' Personal Explanation

I would like to thank the gentleman from New York for that kind introduction. I want to also say that we are here tonight on a very serious issue in tonight's Special Order. As so aptly put by the gentleman from New York, it feels like…