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February 25, 2016
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) announced that New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District is participating in the 2016 Congressional Art Competition.
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February 24, 2016
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) released the following statement in response to President Obama’s plan to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center.
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February 19, 2016
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) visited North Star Academy in Newark to talk with fifth-grade boys about growing up as young men in Newark, the challenges they face, and how to overcome those challenges.
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February 18, 2016
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) announced the winners of the 2015 Congressional App Challenge for high school students in New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District.
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February 12, 2016
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The full New Jersey Congressional delegation sent a letter to President Obama urging his Administration to support the State’s request for a Major Disaster Declaration for 17 of New Jersey’s 21 counties impacted by Winter Storm Jonas
February 11, 2016
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Today, Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) was joined by U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker and Congressman Albio Sires (NJ-08) in calling on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to address staffing issues at Newark Liberty International Airport amid significant delays at security check points during peak travel times, including unusually long delays this past holiday season.
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February 10, 2016
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Today, Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) voted with a bipartisan majority to pass H.R. 4470, the Safe Drinking Water Act Improved Compliance Awareness Act.
February 9, 2016
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As President Obama released his Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request today, Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) announced that it includes, as part of the national “Moonshot” initiative to eliminate cancer, critical funding to eliminate beneficiary coinsurance for screening colonoscopies with polyp removal.
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February 2, 2016
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) voted against this latest Republican effort to dismantle the Affordable Care Act and defund Planned Parenthood, and called on Republicans to drop their repeated attempts to take away health care from women and hard-working Americans.
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February 2, 2016
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U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, U.S. Representatives Albio Sires (N.J.-08), Donald Payne, Jr. (N.J.-10) and Frank Pallone (N.J.-06), joined Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and Councilmembers Luis Quintana, Augusto Amador and Anibal Ramos, and members of Newark’s Ironbound community for a ribbon cutting ceremony marking the official opening of the Saint James Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), which will significantly expand quality health services to thousands of local Latino families.
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May 6, 2013
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Gov. Chris Christie today vetoed a bill that would have required his administration to get the state Legislature's approval to go ahead with a plan to privatize parts of the New Jersey Lottery. Payne Jr. (D-10th Dist.) called it "absolutely astonishing" and said "the people of New Jersey deserve transparency."
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May 3, 2013
In The News
he Tenth Annual Essex County Walk to End Hunger, beginning in Washington Park in Newark and ending at the Federal Building, drew hundreds of supporters from the community and local food pantries to raise money and awareness. Food Pantries in the MEND consortium fed over 80,000 in 2012.
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April 24, 2013
In The News
Rep. Donald Payne Jr. was among a number of U.S. Congress members asking Attorney General Eric Holder to request that the Department of Justice (DOJ) conduct a formal review of New Jersey’s proposal to privatize the state’s lottery to ensure the plan complies with federal law.
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April 23, 2013
In The News
The Garden State’s Democratic members of Congress wrote to Attorney General Eric Holder Wednesday asking that the Department of Justice review a contract the Christie administration is planning to award on Friday to run lottery operations.
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April 17, 2013
In The News
New Jersey's six Democratic congressmen asked the U.S. Justice Department today to review the Christie administration's plan for a private company to take over parts of the New Jersey lottery, suggesting it might violate federal law.
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April 15, 2013
In The News
President Barak Obama and Hudson County elected officials offered their sympathies in the wake of the deadly Boston bombings and the president said those responsible will be held to account.
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April 9, 2013
In The News
Charmil Davis sits down with Congressman Donald Payne, Jr. to discuss his vision for New Jersey's 10th Congressional District and asks about carrying on his father's legacy.
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April 4, 2013
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The 600-strong Newark Fire Department will be hiring an additional 21 personnel with a grant announced Wednesday by federal lawmakers.
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April 2, 2013
In The News
A group of about two dozen immigration-reform advocates appeared in a Jersey City church today to urge Congress to revamp the nation’s immigration laws, saying the “status quo” is harming families.
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