Yearly Archives: 2016

Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) today announced that he has introducedcomprehensive legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives focusing on immediate and long-term investments for Flint. Its introduction comes after weeks of conversations with city leaders and community stakeholders about what resources are needed to help families and the city recover from this man-made crisis.

The proposal announced yesterday by Gov. Rick Snyder to aid the city of Flint with credits to be applied to the portion of residents’ water and sewer bills for water used for drinking, bathing and cooking is one step closer to enactment after the state Senate voted unanimously today for passage of the $30 million dollar funding request.

Since 2009, Edible Flint has been working with individuals and institutional partners to support Flint residents in growing and accessing healthy food in order to reconnect with the land and each other. As a part of their continuing outreach to Flint’s residents, Edible Flint is gearing up to ensure a bumper crop of lead fighting vegetables and address concerns over urban gardening in Flint

Student athletes from Michigan State University are partnering with Schupan Recycling, Republic Services and the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) to help with recycling and water distribution efforts in Flint on Friday, Feb. 5, including collection of empty water bottles and distribution of recycling bags and bins

Congressman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph and Congressman Dan Kildee, D-Flint, today announced joint legislation pertaining to the ongoing water crisis in Flint, Michigan. The bill is co-sponsored by all 14 members of Michigan’s congressional delegation

As part of his upcoming budget proposal, Gov. Rick Snyder will ask the Legislature to approve a $30 million water consumption credit plan for the residents of Flint to keep their water service on and eliminate the need to pay for water they cannot completely trust to drink.

Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) today testified before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform regarding the ongoing Flint water crisis. A full transcript of his remarks, as delivered, is below

“A few days ago, the Boston Globe ran an article that advocates that Flint and its tainted water epitomize the worst kind of environmental racism at the hands of government agencies. That conclusion may be true, but what has happened in Flint is symptomatic of what is happening in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods all across America, regardless of the race of the inhabitants. It continues to happen because America tolerates environmental hazards and polluting of the poor and people of color every day

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette today offered praise and thanks for the overwhelming outpouring of assistance offered to Flint residents as they deal with the hardships caused by the tragic and unthinkable contamination of their drinking water, but noted that crises like these can also create opportunities for scam artists targeting families, senior citizens and small businesses

Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Brenda Lawrence, the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Interior, sent a letter to Michigan Governor Rick Snyder requesting documents regarding the water crisis in Flint, Michigan

U.S. Representative Candice Miller (MI-10) issued the following statement after introducing the Drinking Water Contamination Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2016, which provides $1 billion in emergency funding to replace Flint, Michigan’s underground water line infrastructure

Congressman Dan Kildee and U.S. Senator Gary Peters today met with community leaders from Flint and representatives of various government agencies to receive updates on response efforts to the Flint water crisis

In an effort to help identify the location of lead pipes and other components of Flint’s water infrastructure, GIS experts from the City of Flint, State of Michigan, the University of Michigan – Flint, and FEMA have translated hundreds of hand-drawn plat maps from the 1980s and hand-written notes on thousands of cards about updates to home plumbing systems into digitized maps. These maps are helping with the response and determine where safe water is needed.

“Flint deserves answers from the state on how this terrible water crisis happened and what is being done to make it right. I strongly support congressional hearings in order to find the facts, hold people accountable, and ensure that Flint families and children get the resources they need to deal with this crisis

The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) signed a final Consent Order with LPL Financial LLP (LPL) in connection with an investigation of LPL’s failure to implement an adequate supervisory system regarding its sale of non-traded Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) and its failure to enforce its written procedures regarding the sale of non-traded REITS.