He helped make real the possibility of our Nation's first African American President--and first African American Attorney General.

A teacher affects eternity. He can never tell where his influence stops.

The country is poorer for the loss of Donald Payne, but this country is greater for his public service.

Don Payne was a true servant who not only served his State of New Jersey, but Donald Payne was someone who took care of his district.

Don didn't wait for a codel of a lot of people to be organized to go to a troubled spot.

If Donald Payne is not there, that door must be locked and the rest of us can give up.

Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in an expression of appreciation for the life and service of Congressman Don Payne and to keep him and his family in our thoughts and prayers.

I am deeply grateful to Congressman Payne for breaking barriers that stood in the way for so many years.

It was the work of a man using his position and his power to simply do the right thing.

He showed how compassion, courage, and willingness to find common ground can drive positive change.

We are united by our gratitude--for Congressman Payne's enduring contributions, his many sacrifices, and his inspiring achievements.

I thank my friend for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, I support this compromise because it ensures that we will be able to continue tax cuts for millions of American workers, and it preserves vital benefits for unemployed Americans that…

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott).

I would like to close as I opened. I said at the outset that we've been getting some tremendous, what I would call tremendously positive numbers for our economy in the past several months, and I believe the American people are beginning to…

We often talk about poison pills, and I don't know that all of the American people really understand what we're talking about. I want the American people to know that this 1-year bill that the House Republicans seemed to be in love with…

It is now my pleasure to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Waxman).

I remind the gentlelady from Tennessee that that is exactly what this bill is designed to do, put into the pockets of 160 million Americans an extended tax cut. With that, Mr. Speaker, I would like to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from…

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from South Carolina has 12\3/ 4\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Georgia has 16 minutes remaining.

It is now my pleasure to yield 1 minute to the gentlelady from Maryland (Ms. Edwards).

I have two speakers left. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from South Carolina has 5\3/4\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Georgia has 7\1/4\ minutes remaining.

I want to remind my good friend from South Carolina that the Keystone pipeline is in the Senate bill. With that, Mr. Speaker, I would like to yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady from California, Mrs. Susan Davis.

How much time is now remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from South Carolina has 8\3/4\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Georgia has 11\1/4\ minutes remaining.

It is now my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Missouri, the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, Mr. Cleaver.

I thank the gentlelady for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank the 89 Senators--50 Democrats and 39 Republicans--for their bipartisan agreement to extend the current payroll tax cut, unemployment insurance benefits…

It is now my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Langevin). (Mr. LANGEVIN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)