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August 1, 2013
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Congressmen Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) introduced the bipartisan bill, the Saving More American Resources Today (SMART) Grid Study Act of 2013, legislation in response to the incredible damage Hurricane Sandy caused New Jersey’s power grid and critical infrastructure.
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July 30, 2013
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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10), Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), and Congressmen Bill Pascrell (NJ-9) and Frank Pallone (NJ-6) announced today that counties and municipalities across New Jersey will receive more than $10.9 million from the U.S.
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July 24, 2013
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. marked the four-year anniversary of the last minimum wage hike to $7.25 an hour today by urging Congress to pass the Fair Minimum Wage Act, a bill on which he is a cosponsor.
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July 19, 2013
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) released the following statement in opposition to the Republican reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), also known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB).
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July 12, 2013
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) released the following statement after the announcement that Secretary Janet Napolitano will be stepping down as Secretary of Homeland Security.
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July 11, 2013
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The House passed a Farm Bill that completely ignored funding the supplemental nutritional assistance program (SNAP). Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. opposed the Farm Bill as a result of the lack of funding to SNAP and released the following statement after passage by a vote of 216 to 208.
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July 11, 2013
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Congressmen Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10), Bill Pascrell (NJ-09), and Albio Sires (NJ-08) announced that the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) will award a $2 million federal grant, with an option to renew annually, to Soldier On to assist veterans and their families who are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless in Essex, Hudson, and Bergen Counties.
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July 10, 2013
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) announced that the Health Resources and Services Administration will award $3,387,083 in grants to health centers across the state of New Jersey, including $535,470 to four health centers in Hudson, Union, and Essex Counties.
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July 2, 2013
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Newark, N.J. – Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) released the following statement on the passing of former Congressman William H. Gray:
July 2, 2013
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Newark, NJ – On Monday, July 1, Congressmen Donald Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) and Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) called for a solution to the doubling of interest rates for federally backed, need-based loans that went into effect today.
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