Dan Kildee: “Last week, Vice President Joe Biden said, ``We are facing a simple reality; we are not doing the people's most urgent…”

“Last week, Vice President Joe Biden said, ``We are facing a simple reality; we are not doing the people's most urgent business.'' He is right. It is long past time that we take up this staggering list of unfinished business in this House. The people in my hometown of Flint still can't drink the water that comes out of their tap, yet House Republicans have pushed off any meaningful action that would send help to this community in its moment of greatest need. Further, the CDC will run out of resources to fight Zika, with almost 17,000 Americans, including 1,600 pregnant women, infected. Republicans in Congress continue to put their own partisan messaging agenda ahead of fighting Zika, helping the kids of Flint, and even with the opioid epidemic killing 78 people a day. We lose 78 young people a day. No action. We have bipartisan approaches to all of these problems. This body is called together to do the people's work. We should take up this legislation, and we should do it now, Mr. Speaker. ____________________”