Political Quotes

“Thank you very much. And I thank the gentleman from New York for his kindness in my brief support of all of you on the floor. Let me first of all acknowledge, as I indicated, your potent and powerful question to America of $348 billion to solve our problem and are our children that valuable or are our children worth it. My answer is yes. Let me add my appreciation, though I know that he would not want to be in this predicament, to Congressman Kildee and the entire Michigan delegation who were there on Saturday. They stood arm in arm listening to Flint residents just to see how painful it is to hear a mother talk about a child with spots all over his body and to have her point to other children and say, ``They are getting sick, and I have lost my hair'' or a teacher say, ``I have children coming to school with pus sores.'' {time} 1930 So, let me say a few points. I sit on the Judiciary Committee. And also have the privilege of sitting on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee as a guest. I just want to say that we need to hold someone accountable, which will then generate into what the solution is. April 2014, a nonscientist--I just came out of the Rules Committee on science legislation--made a decision to go to Flint River. He had no anti-corrosion plan. Really, there lies the source of problems throughout a number of these cities that you have indicated. You had one with non-toxins. They were just breaking the law and suffering because of lack of money.…”