Dan Kildee

I recently started an initiative in Congress titled, 'The Future of America's Cities and Towns.'

I have yet to find a serious scientist or health professional that can tell me that any level of lead is safe.

I have legislation that would actually bring that standard down to 5 parts per billion.

The costs of not doing this right are being played out right now in my own hometown.

It has become fairly evident to me that the current standard for lead in drinking water is a standard based on convenience, not on health.

My first real professional job was as a social worker at Whaley Children's Center in my hometown of Flint, protecting kids who had been the subject of child abuse, victims of child abuse. We knew then, as we know now, that the best place…

I appreciate the comments of both of my colleagues. This is an effort to make sure that, as we take on this epidemic, whatever path we may take, we do so in a way that gets us the best information we can to determine whether or not we are…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 6, line 19, strike ``and''. Page 6, line 23, strike the period at the end and insert ``; and''. Page…

This legislation requires States to submit a report on the number of patients served for opioid use disorder at institutions for mental diseases, their length of stay, and the care they received after they were discharged. My amendment…

Under Republican leadership, all the committees are holding these hearings to try to sell what they couldn't sell 6 months ago, and that is a tax bill that disproportionately benefits people at the very top.

There was a report that was just released that shows that while people at the top of the income scale, the top 1 percent on average get $57,000 in tax relief, while a middle-income family in Michigan might get $700 bucks, they give back…

I am also curious as to why the anecdote of $250 billion going to CEOs and wealthy shareholders through stock buybacks isn't being mentioned.

This week, the House is voting on bills meant to address the opioid crisis, a crisis facing communities across the country. This crisis deserves our full attention and bipartisan action. Mr. Speaker, 115 people die every day from overdose…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 127, line 16, insert after the dollar amount the following: ``of which $2,037,547,400 shall be made…

My amendment would provide just over $2 billion to the vocational rehabilitation and employment account. This account invests in programs to help veterans successfully transition to civilian life. Our country has been at war for nearly two…

I thank my friend from Florida, the ranking member of the subcommittee, for her commitment to work on this. This is a serious issue. I know Congress takes it seriously. I just would ask that the Air Force take it equally as seriously and…

Today I am proud to recognize Dennis Williams as he retires from United Auto Workers after more than 40 years of service to the union and to our country. I have known Dennis for many, many years. Throughout his career, he has led the fight…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 64, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $250,000)''. Page 68, line 5, after the…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 109, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $32,287,000) (increased by $32,287,000)''…

This is a bipartisan amendment. It is very simple. It would expand the House Wounded Warrior Fellowship Program so that more wounded servicemembers have the opportunity to continue serving our country by working in congressional offices…

This amendment is intended to highlight the lack of urgency by the Air Force to address an ongoing drinking water emergency across the country, including one in my home district. I am not talking about Flint; I am talking about Oscoda…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding, and I thank the committee Democrats and Republicans for bringing this bipartisan bill to the floor. One of the most important pieces of infrastructure in my particular district in the State of Michigan…

I thank my friend for yielding. Madam Speaker, I am here to protest what has been the most closed Congress in American history. I know the other side will recite the number of amendments that have been allowed, but the fact remains, this…

I thank my friend for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I am here to speak against an amendment included in this rule, the Foxx-Davis amendment, in defense of the 2,300 factory workers and 900 family farmers who grow sugar beets in my community. The…

I want to point out that the Republican chairman of the committee and the Democratic ranking member of this committee both oppose this amendment, for good reason. It is a simple question: Do we want to support local growers like the 900…