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| https://dankildee.house.gov/media/press-releases/transcript-congressman-dan-kildee-s-remarks-support-flint-aid-package-budget | Transcript: Congressman Dan Kildees Remarks in Support of Flint Aid Package in Budget Bill | 2016-12-08 | 2016 | 2016-12 | Democrat | House | MI | Dan Kildee | K000380 | dankildee.house.gov | legacy | Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) today spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives urging his colleagues to support the Continuing Resolution, the short term budget bill, which includes $170 million in federal aid directed at helping Flint recover from the city's ongoing water crisis Below is a transcript of Congressman Kildee's remarks, as delivered: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I thank my friend and colleague, the Ranking Member for yielding and for her work on behalf of my hometown of Flint. She has been one of the strong advocates. No piece of legislation that I have yet seen in the four years I've been in Congress that has come before this floor is perfect. And this bill is included. But the people of Flint, the people of my hometown, today cannot drink their water. Because of action by the state government and frankly as we know, failure of the federal government through the EPA to alert the citizens of Flint to the crisis, to the fact that their water had been poisoned, has caused this community to face the biggest crisis that it's faced in all its years. I am a product of Flint, Michigan. I grew up in Flint, everything I have, everything I am, I owe to that community. And it has faced some terrible struggles over the years. Loss of manufacturing jobs 90 percent of those manufacturing jobs gone. The loss of half of its population. Blight and abandonment. It's a community that just began to rebuild itself when this water crisis has caused Flint to face the toughest time it has ever faced. It needs every level of government to step up to provide relief. This bill includes necessary funding to put Flint back on the path that allows its citizens to have the basic human right of clean drinking water. So I ask my colleagues as we go forward, obviously consider all the elements of all legislation. But also to keep in mind this is the last day of this session of Congress in the House of Representatives. This is our last chance to provide the much needed help to my hometown. This is why I was sent to Congress. To fight for the people that I represent. To make sure they have what they need. And to make sure at this moment of their greatest need, that every level of government responds to them, and that's why I'll support this bill and I'd hope my colleagues would join me in that. Thank you. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |