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U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint Twp., got a chance to say, "I told you so," during an appearance in Flint Friday, Sept. 26, and didn't let it pass.
Speaking at a grand opening for Oak Street Senior Apartments, Kildee, the former chairman of the Genesee County Land Bank, remembered back to 2005 -- a time when the same property was boarded up and empty and the Land Bank accepted it as a gift from the Flint School District.
Dignitaries from Lansing and Washington, D.C., praised the transformation of a century-old school into apartments for senior citizens in Flint today, Sept. 26.
U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint, said Oak Street should be considered alongside some of the best redevelopment projects in Flint, including the old Durant Hotel.
"You have to have a vision, (and) you have to have a plan," said Kildee, who said the act of restoring a single building can turn into the restoration of a neighborhood or even a city.
U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint Township, is hosting a set of smart borrowing forums this week including a stop in Flint on student loans and college affordability.
The Flint forum has been scheduled from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24 at the Northbank Center Ballroom, 432 N. Saginaw St., and will focus on helping students find their path on paying for college.
Statement by Congressman Dan Kildee on Three-Year Anniversary of Amir Hekmati’s Imprisonment in Iran
“Today marks three years of imprisonment in Iran for my constituent, Amir Hekmati.
“For 1,095 days, Amir has been wrongfully held in Evin prison for crimes he did not commit. He is innocent, yet continues to be held against his will, thousands of miles away from his family in Michigan.
Aboard the Appledore IV schooner on the Saginaw River, Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) today announced a congressional resolution he will be introducing to protect Michigan’s Great Lakes from the threat of nuclear waste that Canada is proposing to permanently store underground less than a mile from Lake Huron.
The new congressional resolution “expresses the sense of the U.S. House of Representatives that the President and Secretary of State should ensure that the Canadian Government does not permanently store nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin.”
Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) today distributed free gun locks to residents of the Fifth Congressional District as part of a collaborative effort with local, state and federal law enforcement officials to make Saginaw and other mid-Michigan communities safer. At the event, Congressman Kildee was joined by Al Jakubowski, Resident Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Detroit Field Division, Saginaw Police Chief Brian Lipe, and Saginaw County Sheriff William Federspiel.
Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) today held a roundtable discussion with local and state elected officials, foster youth, educators and service providers to discuss ways the federal government through public policy can support Michigan foster youth seeking to go to college. The roundtable was in partnership with MPowering My Success, a state-funded initiative of the University of Michigan-Flint designed to assist foster care youth in making the successful transition from foster care to college.
Kildee, Partnering with Local, State and Federal Law Enforcement and City of Saginaw to Promote Safe Firearms Handling and Storage Practices
Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) will distribute free gun locks to residents of the Fifth Congressional District and hold a press conference on Wednesday, August 27, 2014, at 1:00 p.m. ET at the Saginaw County Sheriff’s Office.
Local law enforcement will join with federal government officials Wednesday, Aug. 27, to distribute free gun locks to the general public in Saginaw.
The program is a cooperative effort being led by U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint Township.
"I'm proud to partner with local, state and federal law enforcement to provide free gun locks to Saginaw residents," Kildee said. "Securing firearms in homes will help to prevent accidental gun-related deaths and reduce instances of gun thefts and violence.
Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) toured two new mid-Michigan startup companies today to promote locally-owned small businesses. The site visits to Michigan’s Greatest Fudge in Burton and the Bancroft Wine and Martini Bar in Saginaw were a part of ‘Startup Day Across America,’ a national effort dedicated to supporting new small businesses and local entrepreneurs.