[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2955]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING THE LIFE OF CONGRESSMAN DONALD PAYNE

  (Ms. LEE of California asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. LEE of California. Madam Speaker, last night we lost a world 
leader, a father, a grandfather, a brother, an uncle, a great leader 
who consistently brought light to human suffering taking place around 
the world and what we here in Washington, D.C., can do for it.
  It is with a heavy heart that I rise today in memory and in honor of 
Congressman Don Payne, a brilliant leader, former chair of the Africa 
Subcommittee on Foreign Affairs, and to do what I'm sure he would be 
doing if he were with us today, speak out against the massacres taking 
place in Sudan.
  These killings are taking place in the Sudanese state of South 
Kordofan, outside the view of this Congress, and most Americans are 
unaware of this humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in the same region 
where we saw bloodshed in Darfur for many, many years.
  Madam Speaker, on this day of mourning for Representative Payne, I 
know he would want us to recommit ourselves to act to prevent further 
bloodshed and suffering in Sudan.
  My thoughts and my prayers are with Congressman Payne's family, his 
friends, and his constituents. May his legacy live forever. I will 
deeply miss his wise counsel and his friendship.

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