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.

He knew that he would also, once he won, become a role model, a role model for many a young boy who were growing up in Newark, New Jersey.

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

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.

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.

Madam Speaker, I am here this evening to thank God for the life of Donald Payne--to thank God for a man who was focused, for a man who was a trailblazer, for a man who when he came to Congress knew what he wanted to do. People sometimes do…

He knew what he was trying to accomplish. He knew that that was his mission.

Thank you for your work and for your mission and for paving the way for someone like me.

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