Political Quotes

“I rise today to speak about an urgent and truly tragic situation in Flint, MI, and ask my colleagues in the Senate to look very hard at what has happened here and to help us address this issue. This is a public health emergency on a massive scale. It is unprecedented. I don't know of any other American city where families in the entire city--in the entire city--can't drink their water, can't cook with their water, can't bathe their children with the water. We need to be very clear. This morning, as every other morning now going on 2 years, people in Flint took showers by pouring bottled water over their heads. They didn't have the dignity of clean water coming out of their taps. They had to use bottled water to drink, to make breakfast for their children, to make a pot of coffee--the things we all use water for and the things that all of us take for granted every single day. They will not have clean water until the pipes get replaced. Up until now, we have had what we thought was a good series of negotiations. We thought we had an agreement. I have been very hopeful about the bipartisan discussions to help these families, and we have been incredibly flexible, Senator Peters and I. We just want to get this done. We are not interested in the politics or making this partisan. We want to get something done for the people of Flint. We understand that money doesn't grow on trees.…”