Press Releases
April 8, 2016
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) issued the following statement today regarding Armenia’s hostile military acts against Azerbaijan.
April 4, 2016
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Congressman Payne, Jr. hosted a roundtable discussion with Audible employees to discuss Audible’s operation, the growth of Newark as a tech hub, and ways the government can help tech companies continue innovating, creating jobs, and growing the tech industry in the city.
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March 30, 2016
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) released the following statement in response to the settlement between the U.S. Justice Department and Newark to reform the city’s police department.
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March 23, 2016
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The House Committee on Homeland Security passed legislation introduced by Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) to improve coordination between state and local partners on funding priorities for homeland security grants.
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March 23, 2016
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) introduced the TEST for Lead Act, which updates the Safe Drinking Water Act to require states that receive certain federal funds to assist public and charter schools in establishing programs to test for lead in drinking water and to disclose the results if elevated lead levels are found.
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March 15, 2016
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10), a member of the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, and U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, led a letter urging the co-chairs of the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security to fund the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Program at no less than $600 million in the Fiscal Year 2017 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill.
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March 15, 2016
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Payne, Jr., Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications, delivered a statement on the importance of protecting homeland security funding at a subcommittee hearing titled “State of Emergency: The Disaster of Cutting Preparedness Grants.”
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March 11, 2016
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Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) joined the American Cancer Society, the New Jersey Primary Care Association, and New Jersey Federally Qualified Health Centers as the organizations announced their commitment to 80% by 2018, a national initiative to increase colorectal cancer screening rates to 80% by 2018.
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March 9, 2016
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) issued the following statement today in response to reports of elevated lead levels found in the drinking water at 30 Newark public schools.
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March 2, 2016
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Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10), Congressman Leonard Lance (NJ-7), and colleagues introduced a House resolution (H.Res.630) to designate March 2016 as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
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