[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 10, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H661]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                 PEOPLE OF FLINT, MICHIGAN, ARE STRONG

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, my hometown is Flint, Michigan. When we 
leave here at the end of every week, I fly home to Flint. This is a 
very proud community. It is the birthplace of General Motors. It is 
where the UAW workers sat down in 1936 to get the first UAW contract to 
help build the middle class.
  The last few decades have been tough for my community. We have taken 
a lot of hits, a lot of poverty, high unemployment, but we have always 
been able to get back up again as a community because there are strong 
people in Flint, Michigan.
  What has happened now in Flint is because of careless actions by 
State officials who put dollars and cents ahead of the health of 
people, ahead of the health of 9,000 children.
  We can get back up again in Flint, but we need a State response far 
more robust than what has been recommended by Michigan's Governor and 
we need help from the Federal Government. These people are American 
citizens.
  If the State won't act to make it right for the people of Flint, we 
need our Federal Government to do everything in its power to help these 
people and help Flint get back up again.

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