Political Quotes

“this has been a roller coaster time for those of us who care deeply about what happened over 2\1/2\ years ago in the city of Flint with a system that was not treated properly and exposed 100,000 people in Flint to lead poisoning. We had a great vote last week, and I am very grateful to Senator Inhofe and Senator Boxer, who came together, working with Senator Peters and me, to put together a larger water bill that included an effort to help Flint families as well as other communities that have exposure to lead in their water. That effort had a final vote of 95 to 3. This was a very positive moment. Today, just a little while ago, it was just the opposite. We have an opportunity to complete the job we started last week and include this fully offset package in this budget bill in front of us, the continuing resolution. Yet the Republican leader did not do that. What adds insult to injury is, there is help for Louisiana but not for the families of Flint, and I might add, ours is fully offset. There is no offset in spending, there are no other programs cut to pay for the help for Louisiana, but I offered to phase out a program I sponsored in 2007-- that doesn't happen a lot around here--in order to pay for this emergency in Flint and help other communities with lead in their water across the country. So we have something fully paid for and for which there should be absolutely no objection.…”