Political Quotes

“First, I want to thank Speaker Pelosi and Leader Hoyer for their leadership in bringing this important bill to the floor. I would also like to thank Chairman Pallone for working with me on this amendment and Chairpersons DeFazio, Waters, Scott, and others for their leadership; and my colleagues, Representatives Dan Kildee, Slotkin, Cicilline, and Moore for their cosponsorship of this amendment. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of my amendment because everyone deserves clean water, because water is a human right. I rise today because, in the richest country in the world, no family or child should live with poisoned water. My amendment authorizes $4.5 billion annually, totaling $22.5 billion over the next 5 years, to replace dangerous lead water pipes throughout our Nation. This amendment also prioritizes lead pipe replacement projects serving disadvantaged communities, communities of color, low- income communities, and environmental justice communities like mine in Michigan's 13th Congressional District. Our residents in Michigan, surrounded by the largest bodies of freshwater in the world, should not be forced to live off bottled water sold by corporations like Nestle, who make billions while paying almost nothing to bottle our water and harm our ecosystem. Contaminated water has been a fact of life for too many communities, especially Black and Brown communities like Detroit, Flint, Baltimore, Chicago, and more.…”