Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from Florida for having this Special Order Hour. What a privilege to know Donald Payne, Sr., and to know Donald Payne, Jr. I sat here tonight listening to my colleagues struggle with how they will describe this wonderful giant of a man, each came with their own excellent presentation, and what should we say about our dynamic duo of dad and son. I thought, again, how privileged I was and am to have traveled with Donald Payne, Sr., the dad, and to have sat next to Donald Payne, Jr., the son, during the course of Homeland Security and a number of other committees. Let me tell you a thing or two. Both of them knew how to make you laugh. Both of them had a sense of joy and love for people other than themselves. To his wonderful bride and his wonderful kids--that I would ask about in the early years--let me tell them that he never forgot them and always loved them dearly. What I loved most about Donald Payne, Jr., was that he took life's journey, and he turned it into making life better for others. He was not so much worried about himself, but about Newark's journey. He wanted to turn the disease that Black men would always be impacted by into the corner that would help Black men have better health. He would confront this idea of cancer that was so devastating to Black men, to be able to encourage them to learn about their own lives, and to say we are going to fight this thing and we are going to beat it.…”