[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6825]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         FAMILIES OF FLINT ACT

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, the families I represent in Flint, Michigan, 
are still suffering from an ongoing water crisis that left their water 
tainted with lead and unsafe to drink.
  When Americans face a humanitarian crisis, we come together to act, 
to provide them help. That has been our tradition. Those are our 
values, and, in Congress, that is our job.
  For too long, the Republican-led House has not allowed a hearing, let 
alone a vote, on legislation that would provide that basic humanitarian 
relief to 100,000 people in Flint, Michigan, who still cannot drink 
their water, who are still suffering from the effect of lead poisoning 
in their water by acts of its own State government.
  The Families of Flint Act, legislation that I introduced, has over 
155 cosponsors. This bill at least warrants a hearing. There have been 
committee hearings on this question. There has been a lot of finger-
pointing, a lot of argument, a lot of sympathy from Members of 
Congress, but no action. Congress needs to do its job.

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