Gregory Meeks actually said...

"I have got to say in closing, Gregory Meeks would not be sitting on this back row in this Foreign Affairs Committee if it wasn't for Donald Payne."

"Gregory Meeks would not be sitting on this back row in this Foreign Affairs Committee if it wasn't for Donald Payne."

"I respected his viewpoint, and we were able to creatively craft a solution to that dilemma while continuing to press on in this important work of preventing the abuse of children as child soldiers."

"I am devastated, a part of me, knowing that my friend Donald Payne will not be not only sitting right down a few seats from me, but able to get his advice."