anything. he did things. he told me and he used to refer to me. and i have a family nickname. he would say, chop, i do the things i do because i can. people need help around the world. and wherever there is injustice, he felt it was important to step in. yes, africa was his passion, but people finding theirselves in situations where their civil and human rights were being violated became his fight. and the were thing i want to leave you with is that he never asked for anything, but he would really, really appreciate what you have done here to honor his memory today. thank you very much. . [ applause ] new testament reading, john chapter 14, versuses 1-3. let not your heart be troubled. you believe in god. believe also in me. in my father s house, there are many mansions. and if it were not so, i would have told you. i go to prepare a place for you. and if i go and prepare a place for you, i will come again and receive you to myself that where i am you may be also. to man
bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was with still there o, say does that star spangled banner yet waive o er the land of free and the home of the brave ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. good morning and welcome to the old hall of the house. thank all of you for joining us for the memorial for donald m. payne. with us today are members of representative payne s family as well as many colleagues and friends, all gathered just steps from the chamber where he served with great distinction. just as the body the house is the body that is closest to the people, is the body of people who are close knit. the loss of one is felt by all. this is particularly true in the case of this distinguished gentleman from new jersey. this morning we will hear of a man who grew newspaper humble circumstances and devoted himself to lifting up others. whether they lived just down the block in newark s northward or thousands of miles away in africa.
traumatic event. combat stress is very different and very personal. it s something that people have to have a feeling of trust with someone else to share those experiences. the longer the person waits for the reconciliation process, the more difficult the problem may be. the answer to what i think they can do, i think we need to provide more opportunities like we re doing at semper fi odyssey for some of these people in the mental health community. i don t think that 1900 more people or 3400 more people are going to solve the problem, unless you re hiring a person that really can in fact connect to the individual that will inspire him or her to share their perspective. thank you. thank you all very much. dr. scohn, at this committee s mental health committee meeting, you said you were not aware of not fully reporting waiting times. you heard the testimony about the manchester va regularly using loopholes to meet their mental health measures at the expense of veterans. now
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john payton s victory was in sustaining this core provision of the voting rights act. . did so and won a great victory for civil rights. he was lead counsel in a case that is still very much discussed, a case which has a new case, a case going before the supreme court this year. i m speaking of the university of michigan case where the plaintiffs sought to eliminate affirmative action in higher education in both and law and undergraduate schools and much of the progress that had been made over 25 years would go prematurely. john handled these cases and in the lower courts and argued the case at the supreme court as well. and as we know, the court found that the law school that upheld, upheld the use of race as a factor, one factor, not the factor. and affirmative in higher education was saved. i would like to submit for the record a piece written by a colleague and friend of john payton. joshua weiner. he wrote a short piece after john payton died, which, in a real sense, det