[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4828]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         DEMOCRATS WORKING HARD

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Madam Speaker, I, too, would certainly like to share my 
schedule. I have been listening and passing on and was not going to 
speak, but I heard complaints about work not being done.
  I have a 4:00 meeting with the Progressive Caucus.
  I have a meeting where we are going to be discussing the Employer 
Free Choice Act later this afternoon.
  We have the National Wildlife Federation that is coming around to 
talk about their issues.
  We then will be talking about the whole question of North Korea which 
is going on right now in the Foreign Affairs Committee.
  The county executive from Hudson County, Mr. Tom DeGise, is coming 
over to discuss problems of the county.
  Later in the afternoon, the president of Monmouth University will be 
in my office discussing their 2008 agenda.
  We will have the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern 
Affairs to talk about peace between the Palestinians and Israelis, 
something that is extremely important.
  I have a meeting scheduled with Ambassador Olhaye, Dean of the 
African Diplomatic Corps.
  I could go on and on. My time has run out, but I have still 8 or 10 
or 12 issues to meet on.

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