{"id":11975,"date":"2024-05-02T15:14:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T15:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=11975"},"modified":"2024-05-02T15:53:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T15:53:58","slug":"kaptur-statement-on-the-passing-of-congressman-donald-payne-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/02\/kaptur-statement-on-the-passing-of-congressman-donald-payne-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaptur Statement on the Passing of Congressman Donald Payne Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12008\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12008\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Congressman-Donald-Payne.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Congressman-Donald-Payne.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Congressman-Donald-Payne-212x300.jpg 212w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Congressman-Donald-Payne-177x250.jpg 177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Congressman Donald Payne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last week, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement on the passing of Congressman Donald Payne Jr. (NJ-10):<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with deepest sympathy that I extend healing to the beloved family of Congressman Donald Payne Jr. \u2014 to his wife Bea and their triplets Yvonne, Jack, and Donald. I also extend my thoughts to their cherished friends, his caring staff, and his constituents. Donald was valiant, patriotic, and an honorable colleague.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a measured, compassionate, indefatigable, insightful man, and very hard-working Member of the US House. He bore his chronic health challenges with such dignity and resolve. He never stopped serving in his duty to his constituents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was privileged to serve with his father as well, who travelled to Africa more than any other Member of Congress ever had. There too he leaned in hard to meet with struggling people, often resting in sleeping bags on rough terrain, with the goal of stemming frequent violence to create a better future for the people of that continent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis son Donald followed suit in his daily work, serving the people of Newark and across New Jersey\u2019s 10th District, speaking out forcefully on concerns of urban America, the people and places needing to be uplifted so every life has full dignity. Just these past two months, he gave voice to improving housing across America, uplifting Congress\u2019 commitment to American families, recognizing the longest serving President of St. Peter\u2019s University in Jersey City, and honoring a local Eagle Scout.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald\u2019s strength of purpose inspires us to carry forward no matter how heavy the burden. Surely, his strong, kind soul will rest among the righteous who love their neighbor, \u2018do what is right, love mercy, and walk humbly with the Lord.\u2019 \u00a0May he rest in peace, and be reunited with his loving father and mother, Donald and Hazel.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement on the passing of Congressman Donald Payne Jr. (NJ-10): \u201cIt is with deepest sympathy that I extend healing to the beloved family of Congressman Donald Payne Jr. \u2014 to his wife Bea and their triplets Yvonne, Jack, and Donald. I also extend my thoughts to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[228],"class_list":["post-11975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11975"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12010,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11975\/revisions\/12010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11975"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=11975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}