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Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) today spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives disapproving of the decision by Speaker of the House John Boehner (OH-08) and House Republican leadership to forgo legislative action on a multitude of items awaiting a vote in favoring of a dangerous lawsuit against the President intended as an election-year gimmick.
A video of Congressman Kildee’s floor speech can be viewed here.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) has been appointed to serve on the powerful House Budget Committee by the House Democratic Caucus, his latest leadership role despite being a freshman member in Congress. The new leadership role and appointment for Congressman Kildee was announced late last night by House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi.
With just 16 months under his belt in Congress, U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee is becoming Michigan's only Congressman with a hand in shaping the federal budget.
“Today Republicans unveiled a purely partisan budget that would hurt our competitiveness and slash our country’s investments in education, research and the safety net. Their failed budget priorities, like in years past, are grossly unpopular with the American people and prove just how out of touch they are with middle class Michiganders.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) today welcomed the announcement that a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co., JPMorgan Ventures Energy Corp., will pay $410 million in civil penalties and paybacks to ratepayers in Michigan and California after the company allegedly engaged in manipulative energy trading schemes costing ratepayers in both states tens of millions of dollars.
Like Detroit, Kildee Raises Increasing Threat of Municipal Fiscal Failure in Other U.S. Cities with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke
Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) issued the following statement today after the city of Detroit filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy:
Women Still Only Earn 74 Cents for Every Dollar Men Do in Fifth Congressional District
Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) today renewed his call for Congress to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, one of the first bills he cosponsored in Congress, which would update and strengthen the Equal Pay Act in order to close the remaining pay gap between men and women.
Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) today cosponsored legislation that would permanently end taxpayer-funded subsidies for the nation’s largest oil companies, saving more than $80 billion over the next decade.
Congressman Dan Kildee issued the following statement today after gasoline prices over the weekend in Michigan rose to the highest in the continental U.S.:
“I am outraged by the recent spike in gas prices that have now pushed gas in Michigan well-over four dollars a gallon. With domestic oil-drilling at an all-time high, outdated oil refineries operated by the nation’s largest oil companies – ExxonMobil, BP, ConocoPhillips and Citgo – shouldn’t be able to hold the Midwest hostage with a sudden surge in gas prices.