Donald M. Payne

Good morning, everybody. Dennis, thank you very much. It is an honor to be here on the House floor, and especially with many of my former colleagues and Members who are retiring from the Congress. Thank you all. On behalf of the U.S…

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…

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…

For them, and for Jim Kolbe, I am asking that you in the Chamber and any visitors in the gallery please stand, if you are able, so that we can show our respect to these Members with a moment of silence. As you can see, FMC is an active and…

This is a travesty in this country to take from the poorest of the poor and to neglect what they have done. Brett Favre and that government should atone and pay for what they have done. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is no longer…

Yesterday, I opposed the Supreme Court Police Parity Act. I fully support expanded security for Supreme Court Justices and their families. I also firmly believe that those expanded protections must apply to all Federal judges and their…

I really appreciate the gentleman's wonderful summary of my bill up until the point where he raised the issue around preferential businesses, such as ATMs. There is no preferential treatment for any industry in this bill. All retail…

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following: TITLE VI--PAYMENT CHOICE SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. This subtitle may be…

A transparent Office of Inspector General is a critical piece of a functional and effective Department of Homeland Security. H.R. 5633 seeks to make the DHS OIG more transparent by requiring additional public reporting by the DHS OIG so…

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

I have no more speakers, and I am prepared to close after the gentleman.

I have no further speakers, and I am prepared to close after the gentleman closes. {time} 1230

I would like to thank the chairman for giving me this opportunity because I wanted my colleagues on the other side to see what an insulin patient looks like. You are looking at him. I need insulin in order to stay alive. The boot that I am…

I thank the gentlewoman from Ohio for those wonderful remarks and her continued leadership here in the House of Representatives. Madam Speaker, I rise today to discuss health equity disparities in America. Today, American minorities do not…

To the gentleman on the right, I would like to use a great quote from somebody who all of you loved over there: ``There you go again.'' Madam Speaker, as the chairman of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, I…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss my bill, the Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act. It has been a long time coming. I thank my friend and New Jersey colleague, Congressman Frank…

I would like to thank the gentleman from North Carolina for allowing me several minutes to pay my respects to a great man. And it is not remiss that I see the Speaker pro tempore; it is very appropriate that you are in the seat tonight…

I ask my colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives to join me as I rise to support the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. Police brutality in our communities of color has been a national pandemic for decades. My colleagues and I…

I thank the chairman, I thank the Speaker, and I would say to my friend on the other side of the aisle, there was no urgency in February when this was first brought to the President's attention. Madam Speaker, I rise today to support the…

I want to congratulate, again, some exceptional young people from my district, the cheerleaders from West Orange High School. Known as the Mountaineers, they fought their way to the 2020 Universal Cheerleading Association's National…

First, let me commend the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee for this timely piece of legislation, this long-time coming piece of legislation. As has been stated, we fly home every week, and us being in Homeland Security, we…

Due to a medical condition, I was unable to vote on the following Roll Call on February 13, 2020. Had I been present, I would have voted: ``yea'' on rollcall No. 70 (Final Passage of H.J. Res. 79)--Removing the deadline for the…

Due to a medical appointment, I was unable to vote on the following three Roll Call Bills on February 11, 2020. Had I been present, I would have voted: ``yea'' on rollcall No. 57 (Motion on Ordering the Previous Question on the Rule (H…

I thank our majority leader for those kind words. I also thank Joint Economic Committee Vice Chairman Beyer, Budget Committee Chairman Yarmuth, and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Neal for organizing this Special Order hour. It is…

I want to congratulate some exceptional young people from my district, the cheerleaders from West Orange High School, known as the Mountaineers. They have one dream this year. They wanted to compete in the National Cheerleading…