Donald M. Payne

Hallelujah. Yesterday evening, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned. Good. Under the Trump administration and Secretary Nielsen, both of whom were empowered by my colleagues across the aisle, the United States of America…

I thank Mr. Garamendi for once again setting aside time to talk about the issues that affect the lives of people across this country. I want to start by saying that the contrast between Republicans and Democrats on this issue of healthcare…

Alzheimer's is a public health crisis. It is fitting that today, the second day of National Public Health Week, the Alzheimer's Association held their annual Day on the Hill. That is why I am wearing purple, to help raise awareness about…

I want to thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, school shootings are dreadful atrocities that are plaguing our Nation. Nearly 20 years have passed since the horrendous shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado…

I thank Congressman Garamendi for his leadership and for bringing us together today on two very, very important topics. I have come to know him as a leader on issues that are impacting the American people, from California to New Jersey…

A year ago this week, our country lost one of its greatest legislators, Congresswoman Louise Slaughter. In her 33 years in Congress, Louise Slaughter never backed down from a righteous fight. Here is just one example of Congresswoman…

I wonder if President Trump intended for his budget to be a joke. After all, he entitled it ``Better America'' but proposed massive cuts to education programs, the Special Olympics, Medicare, Medicaid, and AIDS programs. Nothing about that…

Wednesday marked the seventh anniversary of the death of my father, the late Congressman Donald Payne. My father was a tireless advocate in this House, but he lost his life to colorectal cancer too early. That is why each year I sponsor a…

When Speaker Pelosi took the gavel on January 3, she was surrounded by children, and as she brought down the gavel to commence the 116th Congress, these were her words: ``I now call the House to order on behalf of all of America's…

Some of the greatest contributions to medicine have been made by African Americans in this country. The first open-heart surgery in the United States was successfully completed by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, a Black man. Not only was he a…

Flu season is upon us, and I rise today to raise awareness about the 100th anniversary of the deadliest medical catastrophe in history: the 1918 influenza pandemic. 100 years ago, the flu took the lives of more Americans in 1 month than in…

First, Mr. Speaker, I would like to start by thanking my colleague, Congressman Garamendi, from the great State of California for hosting this evening's Special Order hour on the threat climate change poses for our Nation and our…

This morning I met with the Prostate Health Education Network and leaders from across the country who are on the frontlines of the fight against prostate cancer. It is critical for African American men and their families that leaders like…

In closing, the ultimate success of the CWMD Office rests with the dedicated men and women who have served at the Department. The threat landscape is diverse, with conventional and nonconventional threats emerging daily. It is critical…

I would like to thank the gentlewoman from Massachusetts for giving me the opportunity to speak on what we all consider a national tragedy, but are trying to do something here that will help us remember those lost on that fateful day…

Hurricane Florence is possibly the most devastating hurricane to hit the Carolinas in a lifetime. Let us prepare for the worst and hope for the best. As global climate change makes extreme weather events more likely and more dangerous, the…

I see the potential for flying cars to reduce the stress on our roads, infrastructure, and help mitigate congestion issues facing districts like mine.

Recently FEMA released a report into its own response after Hurricane Maria swept Puerto Rico last year. To sum up the report, FEMA screwed up. FEMA underestimated how much food people would need. FEMA miscalculated how much fresh water…

Since 1987, the number of pilots in the United States has decreased by 30 percent. Demand for pilots is up and the supply of trained pilots is down. Throughout the aviation industry, there is a desperate need for trained aviation…

It is still going on. The Trump administration is still holding thousands of little children in jails across this country in cages, cyclone fencing, cages. These are babies and toddlers, preschoolers and adolescents. Their only crime is…

Now that the Manchurian President has come back from meeting with his holders in Helsinki, we need to look at what is going on here. We were scolded today in another country by the President of the United States telling us how: Well…

The vast majority of people in our country oppose the Trump administration's cruel policy of jailing immigrant children. This administration is rotten to the core. Just yesterday, news broke that the Department of Health and Human…

Sometimes it seems that the United States moves from one crisis to the next. We have to keep our eye on the ball. As Members of Congress, we have a duty to protect everyone in this country from unnecessary suffering. We cannot forget that…

The Supreme Court is supposed to be above politics. Justice is supposed to be blind. But rather than nominate a fair and balanced jurist to the Supreme Court, the man in the White House has nominated a right-wing operative to replace…

Due to personal illness, I was not present for the following Roll Call votes. Had I been present, I would have voted the following: ``nay'' on rollcall No. 279, ``nay'' on rollcall No. 280, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 281, ``nay'' on rollcall…