Today I want to recognize the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan, an incredible nonprofit organization in my hometown of Flint that is working to end hunger in the communities across my district. Each year, the food bank distributes more than…

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

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.

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

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

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 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…

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…

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.

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.