[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 14668-14669]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            FLINT, MICHIGAN

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)

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  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, my hometown of Flint--I am sure you have 
heard me talk about this before--continues to suffer in this crisis. 
One hundred thousand people, citizens of that city, still can't drink 
their water, which has been exposed to high levels of lead.
  That crisis is far from over. Flint families don't have access to 
clean drinking water. They demand--and we should provide--a response 
from every level of government, including the Federal Government.
  That is why I am pleased and appreciate the fact that Democrats and 
Republicans in the House and the Senate have come together to make a 
commitment to help the people of Flint. Legislation passed in both 
bodies provides help for Flint. Now we have to finish that work before 
we leave this session.
  Before we are Democrats or Republicans, we are Americans. We have a 
tradition in this country of always coming together for those who are 
facing a crisis, for those who are in great need. It is incumbent now 
upon Congress to do the same, to come together to help the people of 
Flint. I look forward to Democrats and Republicans coming together to 
do that.

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