Press Releases
May 2, 2017
Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) today joined Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), along with more than 190 co-sponsors in the U.S. House of Representatives, to introduce the Equality Act of 2017, which extends the protections of federal civil rights laws to LGBT Americans.
April 28, 2017
Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) issued the following statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a short-term funding bill, or continuing resolution, to keep the federal government open through May 5.
Issues:Gun Safety
April 25, 2017
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Homeland Security for Children Act (H.R. 1372), legislation introduced by Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) to incorporate children’s needs into disaster preparedness planning.
April 12, 2017
Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) issued the following statement on White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s comments regarding the Holocaust.
April 7, 2017
Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) issued the following statement on U.S. airstrikes in Syria.
April 5, 2017
Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) issued the following statement on the growing famine in South Sudan, where 100,000 people are at risk of starvation.
April 5, 2017
Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following statement on the recent accidents at New York’s Penn Station.
April 4, 2017
Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) marked Equal Pay Day—the day that symbolizes when, more than three months into the year, women’s wages catch up to what men were paid in the previous year—by cosponsoring the Paycheck Fairness Act.
Issues:Economy and Jobs
March 30, 2017
Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) cosponsored a Resolution of Inquiry directing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide the Committee on Homeland Security with all information it possesses pertaining to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
March 28, 2017
Last week, ahead of their meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, the Congressional Black Caucus presented the president with a 130-page policy document titled, “We Have a Lot to Lose: Solutions to Advance Black Families in the 21st Century.” Included in the document are a number of Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr.’s (NJ-10) priorities on gun safety reform, testing for lead contamination, colorectal cancer detection, and childhood education.