Political Quotes

“I want to thank my distinguished friend for your kindness and generosity in yielding the time and to the Speaker. I want to thank Dr. Christensen for starting us on this journey, and I want to thank the Speaker for being educated by these powerful words of my colleagues. I do want to say that, if you had to give a tribute biblically to Donald Payne, you would certainly quote from Timothy in saying, ``I fought the good fight.'' I am grateful to also say that Donald Payne had a lot of fun in life. Some of us can trace our friendship to years past, to decades past; but I know that, as the world loves Donald Payne, he loved Newark and New Jersey. I had the good pleasure of joining him and his friends during the last Congressional Black Caucus. We had a variety of receptions to meet our constituents, and there was nothing but love in that room. I had, I would call it, the humble privilege to visit him at Georgetown Hospital, where his brother and sister were in the room as well as the chief of staff, and to have him smile as some of our colleagues have said. In the course of being in the room, I heard that the former President of South Africa, President Mbeki, was trying to reach him.…”