[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1706]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           FLINT WATER CRISIS

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, in Michigan, thousands of young children were 
poisoned because Governor Snyder used a contaminated water source to 
cut costs. Last year, in my State of New Jersey, over 3,000 children 
under 6 years old were afflicted with dangerous levels of lead, 
according to a new report.
  Four of the communities I represent in Congress--Irvington, East 
Orange, Newark, and Jersey City--have dangerous lead levels. At the 
same time, our runaway Governor continues to roll back protections for 
clean water.
  It is a national disgrace that children in New Jersey, Michigan, and 
other U.S. States are being poisoned by lead in the year 2016. Many of 
these children will suffer irreparable harm, never reaching their full 
potential, because of the neglect and indifference of their leaders.
  We have a moral obligation to protect the health and well-being of 
our communities, especially our children. Let's meet it.

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