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“Today the President announced $80 million in additional funding for the state of Michigan to make critical water infrastructure improvements. It’s time for the Governor to act and prioritize Flint. Our community should get a significant share of these new federal resources to begin to repairing the damage done by this terrible man-made crisis.”

U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters and Flint Mayor Karen Weaver today met with Dr. Nicole Lurie, Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to discuss the ongoing water crisis in Flint, Michigan. The White House announced yesterday that Dr. Lurie has been designated to coordinate the federal response in Flint, and Dr. Lurie and her team are traveling to Michigan to work with state and local officials to coordinate the federal response. Peters, Stabenow and Weaver discussed what actions HHS is taking to address the effects of lead exposure in Flint’s water.

Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) issued the following statement after Governor Rick Snyder delivered his State of the State address. “For those who think $28 million will begin to remedy the Flint water crisis, that is a fraction of the money city residents have paid for poisoned water that they cannot drink.

Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) today continued his call for Governor Rick Snyder to utilize all state resources at his disposal for the ongoing Flint water crisis, including a recently announced $575 million state budget surplus

Beginning on Saturday, January 16, water distribution efforts will expand with more than 20 water response teams going door to door to distribute safe water resources to the homes of Flint residents. These teams will consist of state personnel and American Red Cross volunteers, including approximately 250 State of Michigan employees and their family members who will volunteer Saturday through Monday

U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) and Congressman Dan Kildee (D-MI) today sent a letter to Governor Snyder urging him to commit state resources to address the short term and long term damage from the Flint water crisis, including the establishment of a Future Fund for children exposed to lead poisoning.

Rep. Brenda Lawrence (MI-14), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Interior, announced her formal request to Chairman Jason Chaffetz and Subcommittee Chairman Cynthia Lummis for a hearing on the public health crisis of high concentrations of lead in the drinking water in Flint, Michigan.

Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) issued the following statement today after Michigan Governor Rick Snyder deployed the Michigan National Guard to assist with the ongoing water crisis in Flint

Five residents of the Detroit, Michigan, area were sentenced to prison this week for their roles in a multi-year mortgage fraud conspiracy, Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division announced today

“Flint residents deserve action, not more talk from Governor Snyder. This is not a public relations problem – this is a public health crisis

Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) today reiterated his call for federal assistance in the ongoing Flint water crisis. Today, in separate letters to both President Barack Obama and Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, Congressman Kildee said the state’s response so far to the public health emergency has been ‘inadequate’ and that federal assistance is needed to help Flint residents.

Five water resource sites are now available in Flint where residents can pick up bottled water, water filters, replacement cartridges and home water testing kits.

“Governor Snyder’s apology over the Flint water crisis is appropriate, as are personnel changes announced today at the Department of Environmental Quality. Through this ongoing crisis, the people of Flint did nothing wrong – they are victims of this failure of government. The State of Michigan must not only acknowledge its role in this crisis, but also take responsibility and act right away to make it right.

Rep. Brenda Lawrence voted with the majority of her colleagues in the House to adopt, by a vote of 316 to 113, the FY 2016 Omnibus Appropriations bill.  This measure funds the government for FY 2016.

A bill expected to be passed by Congress this week includes a provision fought for by Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) to transfer $2 billion more into the Hardest Hit Fund (HHF), a program that has already helped to remove and repurpose thousands of abandoned properties in cities across Michigan, including Flint and Saginaw. Additionally, these new funds would have greater flexibility and could be used to make additional progress on removing blight, including past 2016, when the funds currently expire