Dan Kildee: “Republicans in Congress have failed to pass a budget or to adequately address the health crises that we have brewing in…”

“Republicans in Congress have failed to pass a budget or to adequately address the health crises that we have brewing in this country, including one in my own hometown of Flint, Michigan. Now, this week, Speaker Ryan is trying to distract the focus from Republican Party leader and presumptive nominee Donald Trump's racist and bigoted remarks toward Mexican Americans and Muslim Americans. Releasing white papers is not enough to offset what the leader of your party is saying every day about American citizens. Last week, for example, Donald Trump questioned the ability of an American Federal judge to do his job--this is a direct quote--because ``he's a Mexican.'' He even doubled down on this extreme position, questioning whether a Muslim American judge could also properly do his job based on his religion, based on his beliefs. These are deeply troubling, racist, un-American comments that cannot be tolerated, that cannot be accepted. Honestly, if I felt as if the leadership in the House were doing its job to overcome that so as to do its own job and not align with those sorts of statements by allowing its own legislation to fail because of the willingness to fly the Confederate flag, it would be far more acceptable. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Jenkins of West Virginia). The Chair will remind Members to refrain from engaging in personalities towards presumptive nominees for the Office of the President. ____________________”