releases: https://dankildee.house.gov/media/press-releases/transcript-congressman-dan-kildee-s-remarks-support-flint-aid-package-water
Data license: MIT · Data source: dwillis/congress-press
This data as json
| url | title | date | year | month | party | chamber | state | member_name | bioguide_id | domain | scraper | source | date_source | text | has_text | collected_at | updated_at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://dankildee.house.gov/media/press-releases/transcript-congressman-dan-kildee-s-remarks-support-flint-aid-package-water | Transcript: Congressman Dan Kildees Remarks in Support of Flint Aid Package in Water Resources 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 a water resources bill, the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN), 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 Mr. Tonko for yielding and his work advocating on behalf of the people of my hometown of Flint. I also want to thank colleagues on both sides of the aisle Leader Pelosi, our Whip Mr. Hoyer, the Speaker who committed to help make sure we get this Flint provision through, as well as other colleagues who have stood with me as I have fought now for a year and a half for the people of my hometown. A city of 100,000 people that still can't drink their water. This is not a question of access to water the water flowing through the pipes in Flint has poisoned that city. 100,000 people 9,000 children under the age of six affected permanently by high levels of lead being delivered to them through their municipal water system. Caused by careless, thoughtless decisions based on an obsession with austerity by the state government. And then they were told the water was safe to drink when that same state government knew it was not. Look, we know where we stand. No bill is perfect; this bill is far from perfect. Many of the provisions included in this legislation I disagree with. But I have been fighting for my hometown and been told to wait and wait and wait. And the people of my community can wait no longer. Drinking water is a basic human right. And that should be a human right exercised by the people everywhere, including the people of my hometown of Flint. Every day that passes, every week that passes, every month that passes that Flint does not get the relief they so deserve, is a day we don't get back. More people leave, more businesses fail, the city gets more poor and poor and poor, and incapable of moving forward. That has to stop, and it has to stop right now. It has to stop before this Congress adjourns. We cannot count on the next Congress to get this done. Time matters. This bill would provide relief to my hometown. Itwould put it on a path and it would send a signal that it's okay to invest in Flint. That it's okay to stay. That the water will be fine. That it is a responsibility we have. This is a moral obligation that we have. But it also make sure that there are no more Flints, by including in this legislation the Kildee-Upton bill that passed this House nearly unanimously. It is long past time for us to act. I ask that you join me in supporting this legislation. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |