Dan Kildee

To my friend from Arizona, I appreciate his passion. I wish it were true that he had somehow cured diabetes. It would be great news for my daughter and so many other Americans who say that they are looking for that cure. In the meantime…

So thank you for that effort.

I was disappointed that the budget request calls for funding the Flint Registry at a lower level than was passed.

I do appreciate the focus of this proposal on infrastructure, on strengthening the middle class, on supporting law enforcement in particular.

To truly protect our democracy, we need truth. Truth is clear as this shard of broken glass that I have carried with me for the last 365 days.

I was able to secure $95 million in the Build Back Better Act, which hopefully will come to the President's desk in the not too distant future, to replace firefighting foam containing PFAS.

We have this obligation to protect communities, and especially to protect those firefighters.

This task force now has more than sixty Members, and it's because, as we discover the extent of PFAS contamination, Members of Congress understand that we have this responsibility to step up and defend the people that we work for.

Thank you very much to the two Chairs for holding this really important hearing.

That is why I was proud to cosponsor Representative Dingell's PFAS Action Act, an expansive bill to regulate, cleanup PFAS contamination.

We obviously have to get serious about strengthening our domestic semiconductor supply chain, and we have to act now to save American jobs.

We do have our differences, but we work them out in, I think, a mostly civil manner, and that's really important.

I just want to say what a great opportunity it's been for me to serve, and continue to serve for the next year or so, with Chairwoman Johnson.

You have to use every tool we can to get to the truth. There has to be a consequence to the failure to follow the law.

I have introduced legislation to ban harmful aquaculture practices in both the Great Lakes and in federally designated wild and scenic rivers.

However, and importantly, when done improperly, it can do much more harm than good.

Now, when done correctly, this is important, when done properly, aquaculture can create a high-quality food source that's abundant and affordable.

According to NOAA, Michigan's coastal economy employs 1.75 million people each year, $92 billion in wages...

The lakes outline our boundaries, they define who we are as a state, and we have 10,000 miles of Great Lake shoreline in this region.

Thank you very much, Chairwoman Sherrill, for hosting this hearing, and, Dr. Spinrad, thank you so much for your presence and your testimony.

I think we have to take it very seriously. I know these people they post on social media, they`re dangerous and what`s most dangerous is the silence of Republican leadership. They should be calling them off.

Environmental health and climate experts in Michigan have been warning that climate change, causing more extreme weather, more volatile water cycles, allows for an environment for water-borne bacteria, like legionella bacteria, to thrive.

Michigan again, sadly, is experiencing a surge in Legionnaire's Disease.

Over seven years ago, in my hometown, a water crisis emerged. My hometown is Flint, Michigan.

As the last few months have demonstrated, with extreme temperatures, parts of the country facing drought, wildfires, and then, as Congresswoman Stevens from Michigan, my colleague from Michigan, mentioned, serious flooding, the work of our…