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January 24, 2017
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) issued the following statement today after he voted against House passage of H.R. 7, a Republican bill designed to take away women’s comprehensive private health insurance coverage.
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January 19, 2017
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Congressman Payne, Jr. joined 173 of his House Democratic colleagues in a letter to President-elect Donald Trump urging him to reconsider his support of efforts that would undermine women’s health care, including repealing the Affordable Care Act and defunding Planned Parenthood
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January 17, 2017
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) issued the following statement today announcing his decision to boycott President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
January 13, 2017
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) issued the following statement today after he voted against House passage of S.Con.Res. 3, FY 2017 GOP Budget Resolution, the House Republican bill to begin the process of repealing the Affordable Care Act.
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January 10, 2017
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Today, Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) announced his appointment to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for the 115th Congress.
January 6, 2017
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) released the following statement on the shooting at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
January 6, 2017
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) announced that a new report finds that New Jersey would lose 86,400 jobs and the nation overall would lose a total of 2.6 million jobs in 2019 alone as a result of the Republicans’ repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
January 5, 2017
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.26, the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2017.
January 4, 2017
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 21, the Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2017.
January 3, 2017
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) released the following statement after House Republicans reversed plans to gut the independent Office of Congressional Ethics.
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December 18, 2013
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The First Focus Campaign for Children, a national bipartisan children’s advocacy group, recognized Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr. as a “Defender of Children” for leadership on issues important to children during 2013.
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December 15, 2013
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The First Focus Campaign for Children, a national bipartisan children’s advocacy group, recognized Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr. as a “Defender of Children” for leadership on issues important to children during 2013.
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December 13, 2013
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The decision by Congress not to renew long term unemployment benefits affects some 90,000 New Jerseyans. Congressman Donald Payne is among the lawmakers calling on his colleagues to renew the extended benefits program. If Congress doesn’t take action another 80,000 New Jersey residents will lose their long term unemployment benefits in the first half of 2014.
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December 11, 2013
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The First Focus Campaign for Children, a national bipartisan children’s advocacy group, recognized Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr. as a “Defender of Children” for leadership on issues important to children during 2013.
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December 5, 2013
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Nelson Mandela, the first black president of South Africa whose decades of advocacy helped topple that nation’s apartheid regime, died Thursday, according to media reports. He was 95.
December 5, 2013
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Nelson Mandela, the iconic anti-apartheid leader and political prisoner who rose to the presidency of South Africa, guiding its peaceful transition from racially oppressive rogue state to democracy, has died.
December 5, 2013
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Nelson Mandela, the first president of post-apartheid South Africa who paved the way to racial reconciliation died today at the age of 95. As news of his death circulated around the world, political and civic leaders in the United States mourned his loss.
December 4, 2013
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Although Republicans continue to hold committee hearings to criticize the Affordable Care Act, Rep. Payne, Jr. likened it to Social Security, saying that the bones of the law are good and that they are here to stay.
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November 27, 2013
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Rep. Donald Payne will be presenting Thanksgiving baskets to those in need Wednesday at 10:30 am at the offices of the Newark Emergency Services for Families offices at 982 Broad St. in an effort to spotlight Payne's opposition to proposed reductions in SNAP.
November 27, 2013
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Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. is circulating a Dear Colleague letter asking for signatures from fellow representatives. A letter addressed to President Obama asks him to issue a presidential proclamation designating March 2014 as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
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