All of us who supported ACA are proud to have done that.

This is a national crisis.

What has happened there is not only intolerable, inexcusable, but with consequences that we cannot foretell.

I thank my colleague for conducting this Special Order and raising attention to this situation. Particularly on behalf of the people that I represent, the 100,000 people in my hometown of Flint, as difficult as this time has been, they do…

My hope is that that outrage translates into something more than just sharing the misery of the people of Flint.

This is the Governor of Michigan at fault, his emergency managers.

It's a reprehensible attempt to achieve what Dan Kildee calls the equivalency of blame.

I will. I read this. It came from a writer from Detroit, a guy named Mitch Albom, who most people know for having written a bestseller, ``Tuesdays with Morrie.'' He came to Flint to interview children and to talk about what this whole…

I thank you for that question, because that is really the core of what we are dealing with right now. We need a lot of help in Flint. This could have been avoided. But now that this has occurred, there is some work we need to do to fix the…

Well, first of all, let me thank my friend, Mr. Garamendi, not just for that introduction and for his comments about my hometown, but for his leadership on this issue. This is the critical issue that really determines whether we are…

Every decision that was made for the city of Flint that relates to this crisis was made by a State-appointed emergency manager.

That's what I say; they're spreading the blame out.