Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to give some thanks to some of my fellow Members of Congress for coming to my hometown of Flint, Michigan, yesterday. Specifically, I want to thank Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, Congressman Elijah Cummings, Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, and my friend and classmate Congressman Scott Peters, who spent the day with me yesterday in Flint. I want to thank them for having the back of the people of my hometown who are suffering right now with a water crisis that makes their water, the water for 100,000 people, not just undrinkable, but very dangerous. I also want to thank my Michigan colleagues Congressman Sander Levin and Congressman John Conyers for their many visits to Flint. The people in Flint are victims of a form of neglect that is almost unimaginable: neglect by their own government, by the State of Michigan, which was operating the city of Flint and failed to protect those citizens by ensuring clean and safe drinking water. This is a crisis that demands a response equal to the gravity of this crisis. It demands a Federal response. It clearly demands a response from the State of Michigan far greater than what it has been given. ____________________”