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April 13, 2016
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr.’s (NJ-10) State and High-Risk Urban Area Working Group Act (H.R. 4509).

April 12, 2016
Today, Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) released the following statement on Equal Pay Day—the day that marks when women’s wages, on average, catch up to what men were paid in the previous year.

April 11, 2016
Today, Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10), Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, and State Senator Ronald L. Rice (D-28) held a press conference at the LeRoy F. Smith, Jr. Public Safety Building in Newark to call for lead testing in schools’ drinking water and to urge Congress to pass Congressman Payne, Jr.’s TEST for Lead Act, which would require states to help schools test for lead if those states receive federal funding for safe water programs.

April 8, 2016
On Monday, April 11, Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) will lead a press conference to call on Congress to pass the TEST for Lead Act, legislation he recently introduced to test drinking water in schools for lead contamination.
Issues:Local Issues

April 8, 2016
Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) issued the following statement today regarding Armenia’s hostile military acts against Azerbaijan.

April 4, 2016
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.

March 30, 2016
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.
Issues:Local Issues

March 23, 2016
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.

March 23, 2016
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.

March 15, 2016
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.