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Dan Kildee is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 5th congressional district since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Kildee has focused on issues such as economic development, education, and healthcare throughout his tenure. He has been an advocate for policies aimed at revitalizing communities and supporting working families in Michigan.
Right now in my hometown of Flint, Michigan, there is a public health crisis. In the 21st century, in a city of 100,000 people, they cannot deliver safe drinking water. They can't guarantee safe drinking water because of high lead levels…
I thank the ranking member. Mr. Chairman, this is actually a pretty simple question, and I know my friend from Iowa tends to see this question through the lens of his own personal experience and his own company, but, frankly, this is a…
During his first speech, our new Speaker made a commitment to return the U.S. House of Representatives to regular order. What does that mean? Think ``Schoolhouse Rock,'' an orderly process where bills are introduced, debated in a…
I thank the ranking member for yielding and for her leadership on this issue, along with thanking Mr. Heck, Ms. Moore, Mr. Fincher, and Mr. Lucas. Mr. Speaker, the Ex-Im Bank used to be bipartisan legislation. It is so interesting to hear…
Well, it is long past time for Congress to do its job and get serious about funding a long-term solution to fix our crumbling roads and bridges, all of our infrastructure in this country. In Michigan, of all States, we know that we need to…
Well, even some of my Republican colleagues acknowledge that there is chaos in their conference and that chaos has consequences. Governing from one manufactured crisis to another, we have piled up a whole series of must-act deadlines. In…
I come to the floor today just to take a few minutes to call attention to a problem that I have been trying to raise in this body and in my work before I came to Congress for some time, specifically, to describe the conditions in my own…
Well, last week 151 Republicans, a majority of the Republicans in Congress, voted to shut down the Federal Government. This week, another entry into this calendar of chaos and dysfunction. We are coming up on several crucial deadlines, and…
I urge my colleagues to join with me in defeating the previous question so that this body can immediately take up reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank and, in fact, immediately take up legislation offered by Mr. Fincher, a Republican…
In a FOX News interview yesterday, the Republican speaker-in-waiting admitted to something that we have all known all along, and that is that the real motive of the Select Committee on Benghazi was simply to politically attack and drive…
The Republicans have brought us again to the brink of another government shutdown. Here we are, the last day of the fiscal year, and what we have before us today is a temporary, 2-month budget to keep the government open, basically kicking…
I am here because I stand with the majority of Americans who support Planned Parenthood and the lifesaving preventative healthcare services that they provide each year to millions of women, to men, to families all across this country. In…
Almost unbelievably here we are just 2 days away from another GOP government shutdown. Republicans, who control both Houses of Congress, have yet to bring a budget agreement, just a couple of days before the government shuts down, that…
Let's be clear. This is not a debate about abortion. There are different points of view on that question, but it is a settled question by the U.S. Supreme Court. Those who want to make this about something that it is not need to look at…
There are only 7 legislative days until the GOP shuts down this government again. I have been back home. I don't know about you, but what I have heard is that the American people do not want to see another government shutdown. They don't…
This is the conclusion that I have come to, but this is also the conclusion that experts on both sides of the political spectrum have come to. Ambassadors from across the world--former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright thinks this is…
The goal of the negotiations between world powers and Iran has always been to prevent them from developing a nuclear weapon. I think we have to be realistic about this. This agreement, as opposed to rejecting the agreement, takes us very…
The House Republican leadership's continued dysfunction and inability to govern is starting to have real effects on people back home. Like most Members, I spent the last month back home listening to the people that I work for, and I heard…
I thank my friend for yielding. I urge a ``no'' vote on this rule so that we can bring up, as my colleagues have said, something that ought to be done in a bipartisan fashion, with little significant opposition, and that is the…
August 6 marks the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act, which is a landmark piece of legislation that expanded civil rights and protected one of our most fundamental democratic rights, and that is the right of every…
House Republicans have had more than 4\1/2\ years to craft a long-term surface transportation bill. Their dysfunction and inability to govern is starting to have a real impact on hard-working Americans and on our communities. They continue…
Yesterday I met with business owners and the Chamber of Commerce back home in Michigan to discuss what actions we can take here in Congress to create jobs and to boost our economy. One action that came up is that Congress could immediately…
I think it is overdue that the Fed, with its strong voice and its dual mandate, particularly its mandate related to employment, take a look at the potential employment impacts of the failure of dozens, potentially, of American cities that…
I have raised this with your predecessor and again with you. I am curious as to whether the Board of Governors might in the near future take up this question.
There is often a tendency to think about cities facing significant municipal stress as being anomalies, or having that problem as a result of significant mismanagement.
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