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June 1, 2018

U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee is working to convince leaders gathered for the Detroit Regional Chamber Mackinac Policy Conference that resources need to flow back from the suburbs to the cities that created them.

He said the communities that surround Flint and other core cities owe their existence to those cities, but local government funding systems do not recognize that.


May 25, 2018

Rep. Dan Kildee, the Michigan Democrat who represents communities with contaminated water in Flint, is asking EPA's inspector general to look into why a two-day summit on toxic chemicals in drinking water was closed to the public and partially closed to reporters, according to a letter sent today.


May 15, 2018

WASHINGTON — A Michigan congressman wants the Trump administration to immediately release a study on toxic chemicals found in water in and around military bases, including those in Michigan, amid reports that it's being held back after an aide called it a


April 10, 2018

OSCODA – Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) was the main topic of discussion with Oscoda residents and government officials during a Thursday visit by Congressman Dan Kildee, the state's Fifth Congressional district representative from Flint.


April 5, 2018

Washington — U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee is calling on the embattled chief of the Environmental Protection Agency to either resign or be fired by President Donald Trump.


March 29, 2018

Clio High School students invited Congressman Dan Kildee to their school for a round table discussion


March 6, 2018

Several Michigan lawmakers are asking what happened to the probe of the Flint water crisis initiated more than two years ago by the watchdog at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.


February 12, 2018

U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint, isn't happy with the president's 2019 budget proposal that was released today.

Trump's latest budget proposal looks to cut the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative by $267,963,000 -- or by about 90%.

The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative aims to protect the lakes from pollution and invasive species.


January 9, 2018

It's bad enough that if Congress does not act to reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), nine million lower-income children will lose the health insurance that allows them to see a doctor or go to the dentist.


January 4, 2018

It's a New Year, but for Congress, it all begins with a hangover from the Old Year: problems and issues left unresolved.