Dan Kildee actually said...

"There is nothing they could do to stop those external trends from having a devastating impact on their community."

"A small-town--the quality, the sustainability of a small town in a rural region, the vibrancy of that little town is just as important to the economic sustainability of that region as, say, the sustai..."

"a significant amount of the money would be used for blight elimination, for dealing with the fallout of population loss."

"I think sometimes we tend to over correct as a result of, you know, bad actors in a few instances."