[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12505]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             WE NEED ACTION

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, the water crisis in my hometown of Flint 
continues: a population of 100,000 people who, a year after this 
crisis, became well known, became public, and still can't drink their 
water.
  In Flint--just so my colleagues understand--a year later, people are 
still drinking from bottled water because of callous actions by the 
State government that led to the poisoning of a population of 100,000 
people.
  Flint is a community in absolute crisis, facing a disaster, and you 
would expect there would have been immediate action, despite the fact 
that I have come to this podium time and time again. I have filed 
legislation. I have spoken to Members. I have spoken to leadership. And 
what do we get? A couple of hearings, and a lot of sympathy.
  We need action. The people of Flint deserve a response to this crisis 
that is equal to the gravity of the crisis. We have a way to get it 
done. A bipartisan bill that is moving through the Senate includes help 
for Flint. We need to take up this legislation, just like we need to 
take up legislation to deal with Zika and opioids and everything else. 
It is beyond my comprehension that this crisis could continue and we 
have yet to take action in the House of Representatives to address it.

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