[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6028]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           FLINT RESIDENTS DESERVE ACTION BY THEIR GOVERNMENT

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, my hometown of Flint is still facing a 
crisis: 100,000 people still cannot turn on their tap and have access 
to safe drinking water.
  This Congress faces a multitude of public health crises--Zika, the 
opioid epidemic--but Congress must also do its job and act on Flint to 
aid the people that I represent of my hometown that are still suffering 
and still cannot drink the water coming out of the tap--100,000 people.
  This is a disaster. It is a crisis that demands Congress to act. 
Congress should do its job and immediately take up the Families of 
Flint Act, legislation that I have introduced that has over 150 
cosponsors, 150 Members of this body cosponsoring legislation that 
would replace those damaged lead service lines, provide public health 
service and wraparound services, especially for children who can 
overcome the impact of lead exposure, but just need help in order to do 
so.
  Families in Flint have waited too long. Congress has to do its job 
and act on the Flint crisis.

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