He was known throughout the world as a champion of the downtrodden, those in need, and a champion of human rights.
Steve Rothman: “He was known throughout the world as a champion of the downtrodden, those in need, and a champion of human rights.”
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Rothman describes Payne's reputation as a global human rights advocate.
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History will record that this young man from Newark, Donald Payne, literally saved tens of thousands of lives--he did--all over the world--in America, in Africa, and in Northern Ireland.
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Madam Speaker, today Newark, the State of New Jersey, and the United States of America lost a hero, and the world lost, especially those that needed help, those who were being persecuted, they lost a champion.





