[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 133 (Tuesday, September 6, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H5042]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  WE MUST ACT ON PUBLIC HEALTH CRISES

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, as my colleagues and I return to Washington 
this week, I make a simple request: for this body to take up the public 
health crises that are facing this Nation.
  When I am here in Washington, I am sometimes asked by well-meaning 
people here on Capitol Hill if the Flint water crisis from my hometown 
is still going on. Back in Flint, there is no doubt--bottled water, 
filters, blood tests are still going on all the time. This tragedy in 
Flint continues.
  The people I represent back home still can't go to their tap and get 
water that is safe to drink, a city of 100,000 people. They are not 
just people who live in Michigan. They are not just Michiganders. They 
are Americans, too, and they have a right to have the Federal 
Government act at their moment of greatest need, at this moment of 
crisis.
  Just like aid to Flint, this body needs to act on other crises that 
are still taking place: the Zika virus, the epidemic of gun violence. 
People across America have a right to see their Congress act when 
facing these sorts of challenges.
  I call on my colleagues: Please, let's do our job and take up aid to 
these important efforts.

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