Political Quotes

“I stand before you today a true Michigan girl, born and raised in the city of Detroit, having traveled and been in public service for over 25 years in multiple capacities. Today I had the opportunity, after calling for a hearing to Chairman Chaffetz, to call a hearing about this Flint water situation. I want to tell you, being in Congress and knowing that there are two aisles, two philosophies, two groups--the Republicans and the Democrats--that I was so impressed that the chairman responded and granted my request for a hearing. He understood how important and how volatile the situation is. We struggled a little bit with who would be able to be witnesses, but we had the hearing. I wanted to tell you that this is something that is not a partisan issue. The message I want to get out today is that this issue where children and families are affected because of the lack of government doing their job is unacceptable. It is unacceptable in these United States of America. {time} 1730 I can tell you, Americans ask for three basic things whoever you are, wherever you live, and that is that we have safe food to consume, clean air to breathe, and clean water to drink because we need all those things to merely live. We trust our government to protect those things and to ensure that our consumption will not harm us. Clearly, we failed. We failed as a government. This isn't about wearing your R or D. This is about the government of these United States restoring the trust.…”