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September 20, 2016
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ) released the following statement on a letter he and several colleagues sent to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), calling on the agency to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for eligible nationals of Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone for eighteen months, from November 21, 2016 through May 21, 2018.
September 20, 2016
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) appeared on CNN’s “Wolf” this afternoon to discuss the weekend bombings that took place in Seaside Park, New Jersey and Manhattan.
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September 19, 2016
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10), Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications, issued the following statement in response to the weekend bombings that took place in Seaside Park, New Jersey and Manhattan.
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September 6, 2016
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10), Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications and a 2016 National Preparedness Month Congressional Co-Chair, issued the following statement marking National Preparedness Month.
August 19, 2016
Press Release
Today, Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) issued the following statement on the fatal NJ Transit bus crash in Newark, New Jersey that killed one person and injured at least 19 others.
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August 18, 2016
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U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, and Congressmen Donald M. Payne, Jr. and Albio Sires today announced that Newark Fire Department is receiving nearly $6 million in federal funding to hire full-time firefighters and help strengthen the department's ability to effectively respond to local fire emergencies, protect high-risk populations and decrease firefighter injuries.
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August 12, 2016
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) today released the following statement marking the 81st anniversary of the enactment of the Social Security program, signed into law by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on August 14, 1935.
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August 5, 2016
Press Release
Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) released the following statement marking the 51st anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, signed into law on August 6, 1965.
August 2, 2016
Press Release
Today, Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) delivered the keynote address welcoming 71 new American citizens at a naturalization ceremony in Newark hosted by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
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July 26, 2016
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) today announced that the Department of the Army has awarded a $14,584,080 contract to DonJon Marine Company, Inc. to perform maintenance dredging of Newark Bay.
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October 3, 2013
In The News
A police chase that ended in gunfire outside the U.S. Capitol today forced New Jersey lawmakers in Washington to take cover, officials and legislators said.
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October 3, 2013
In The News
U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-10), representing the southern portion of Montclair laid the shutdown at the feet of a small group of Republican legislators, primarily Tea Party politicians, for what he called "holding this country and Congress hostage."
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October 1, 2013
In The News
A shutdown has a ripple effect throughout the economy as many federal services come to a grinding halt. One such service is the U.S. Small Business Administration, also known as the SBA. The SBA provides loans and many black businesses access these loans and other services.
October 1, 2013
In The News
WASHINGTON — As the clock ticked down on a dizzying day of budget brinksmanship, the White House’s budget office announced that it was notifying federal agencies that the government will shut down today.
September 30, 2013
In The News
Congressman Donald Payne Jr. (D-10) told NJ Today Managing Editor Mike Schneider that the Republicans and a small minority of their caucus are holding the American people and the Congress hostage by trying to get rid of the Affordable Care Act.
September 27, 2013
In The News
Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. authored and introduced the “Secure America for Education in Our Schools Act,” which would require each state applying for Homeland Security Grant Program funding to certify that it requires schools to have adequate emergency preparedness plans in place in case of disaster.
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September 27, 2013
In The News
Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. presents a plaque, written in tribute for President Ernest Bai Koroma, president of Sierra Leone.
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September 25, 2013
In The News
With 11 years of civil war and 10 years of rebuilding behind them, Sierra Leone’s government wants to bolster its economy by doing business with the one U.S. state they say has the highest number of expatriates: New Jersey.
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September 22, 2013
In The News
To help answer his constituents' questions, Payne, has been holding public information sessions about the benefits and obligations of the Affordable Care Act. Thursday, Sept. 26, from 6 to 8 p.m., the congressman will appear in Montclair at the United Way Building, 60 South Fullerton Ave.
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September 21, 2013
In The News
By 2015 African Americans will yield $1.1 trillion in spending. But that thirteen-figure power should be used to invest in not only patronizing black-owned businesses but starting black-owned businesses, says Congressman Donald Payne Jr. (D, NJ).
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