[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 37 (Thursday, February 29, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H767]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   RECOGNIZING THE FAMILY EMPOWERMENT CENTER AT METROPOLITAN BAPTIST 
                                 CHURCH

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss the new Family 
Empowerment Center at Metropolitan Baptist Church in Newark.
  For more than 16 years, the church's sacred and cherished Willing 
Heart Community Care Center has been a pillar of service to the 
community. It has provided food and clothing to residents and families 
in difficult times. It has brought relief to community members who have 
suffered during Hurricanes Ike, Sandy, and Irene. It has guided the 
desperate toward hope and salvation.
  Now, the care center will become the Family Empowerment Center. It 
will provide more advanced, quality medical care for families, and it 
will help unemployed workers improve their chances of getting a good-
paying job.
  I am a strong supporter of job training programs. I secured $1 
million for a local program to increase minority employment in advanced 
technologies. I cannot wait to see what the Family Empowerment Center 
will do for our community.

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