Dan Kildee

I rise for the purpose of engaging Chairman Shuster in a colloquy with respect to the Kildee-Moolenaar amendment that the House will consider shortly. First, I thank him for his efforts, and for the efforts of Ranking Member DeFazio, as…

I just want to say how much I appreciate the efforts on behalf of my home community by my colleagues on both sides of the aisle. As you have heard, Congressman Moolenaar, my neighbor, has been there right along. Congresswoman Miller…

I thank the gentleman. I look forward to working with the chairman on this and working to successfully get this bill out of the House today so that we can work on it with the Senate.

May I ask how much time I have remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Kildee) has 3\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I thank my friend, Mr. Hastings, so much for his kind words, for yielding, and for his unyielding support for the people of my home community. It means a lot to me. I rise in opposition to the previous question so that I can bring up…

I appreciate and understand the gentleman's comment. My point is this: Prove me wrong. Prove me wrong. You have it in your power to take up this legislation. It is not me who is blocking this legislation. I don't want to come to this…

So we have a fully paid-for provision. There is no excuse. It will not increase the deficit. So it does beg the question: Why? Or a better way to put it: Why not? I have to admit, Mr. Speaker, I am coming to a conclusion that I don't want…

It is fully paid for. I thank the gentleman for the question. Fully paid for. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.

Last week, Republicans introduced a bill that would fund the government for 2\1/2\ months but does not include any help whatsoever for my home community of Flint, Michigan, struggling with water that was poisoned by State government--no…

You know what you would do. You would step to the floor of this House and you would make sure every single day you fought to get help for your community. One of the first votes I cast when I came here was to help the victims of a storm…

I thank the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Hastings) for yielding and for all of his advocacy on behalf of the people of my community and, also, of the many forgotten people across the country. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the…

In the next week or so, we will pass a spending bill to fund the government for the next 10 weeks, and it is absolutely critical that we include in that legislation funding to help my hometown of Flint recover from the terrible water…

Yesterday, it was reported that, instead of doing what is necessary to fix the Flint water crisis, State of Michigan officials are, instead, focusing on disenfranchising further the people of my hometown. Through sleight of hand and…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 5- minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by a 5-minute vote on passage of the bill, if ordered. The vote…

This is the final amendment to the bill which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. This bill is yet another Republican attempt to delay the…

I am opposed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Kildee moves to recommit the bill H.R. 5226 to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform with instructions to report…

The water crisis in my hometown of Flint continues: a population of 100,000 people who, a year after this crisis, became well known, became public, and still can't drink their water. In Flint--just so my colleagues understand--a year…

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…

I think we all know that now more than ever it is critical that our next Commander in Chief is ready to walk into the Oval Office and be ready to lead on day one. Keeping Americans safe is the President's most solemn duty. That is why…

As my colleagues and I return to Washington this week, I make a simple request: for this body to take up the public health crises that are facing this Nation. When I am here in Washington, I am sometimes asked by well-meaning people here…

Today, the Republicans are leaving Washington for almost 2 months--the longest congressional summer recess in nearly 60 years--and are abandoning Americans, who are counting on us to do what we have to do to protect them. There are serious…

I thank the ranking member and the chairman of the committee and subcommittee for their work on this very important issue. This en bloc amendment includes two amendments that I offered that would provide specific relief to my hometown…

Last week we all woke up to the horrific news of violence in Baton Rouge, in Falcon Heights, and then the terrible events that unfolded in Dallas, where members of their police department were gunned down protecting individuals who were…

My heart breaks, as do the hearts of my colleagues, over the terrible tragedy that took place last night and for the victims of the horrific violence that we have seen in the last few days and weeks. We are better than this. We can do…

I thank my friend for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to bring up H.R. 1217, the bipartisan expanded background checks legislation, to honor the memory of Cederrius Hastings, a victim of gun violence who never received a…