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Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) today expressed strong opposition to a bill being brought to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives giving a foreign oil corporation a multi-million dollar tax break while at the same time potentially leaving Michiganders on the hook for the costs associated with the spill of foreign tar sands oil in the U.S.
Michigan U.S. Senator Carl Levin has introduced a resolution urging the Obama Administration to oppose a Canadian proposal to bury radioactive waste less than a mile from Lake Huron.
The resolution urges the President and Secretary of State to work with their counterparts to prevent a permanent nuclear waste repository from being built within the Great Lakes basin. State Representative Dan Kildee is sponsoring the same measure in the House.
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., today introduced a Senate resolution [PDF] urging the administration to oppose a Canadian proposal to build a permanent nuclear waste repository in the Great Lakes Basin. The measure is a companion resolution to one introduced by Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint, earlier this month. The Senate resolution is co-sponsored by Sens. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., Mark Kirk, R-Ill., and Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.
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.”
Standing at the helm of the tall ship Appledore IV, U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee said the schooner based in downtown Bay City was the "perfect" place to make a few points about protecting the Great Lakes from nuclear waste.
Kildee spoke during the afternoon of Thursday, Aug. 28, addressing plans by Ontario Power Generation to build a storage facility for low- to intermediate-level nuclear waste at a proposed underground facility near Kincardine, Ontario.
Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) issued the following statement today after the House of Representatives passed a Farm Bill that hurts Michigan family farmers and doesn’t include funding for nutrition assistance programs:
Kildee Wrote Letter in May to Army Corps Urging Swift Decision on Funds
Amendment Supports Local Farmers, Encourages Healthy Eating by Investing in Programs Aimed at Increasing Purchasing Power of SNAP Beneficiaries
$31.50 Weekly Budget for Food Will Give Kildee Insight into Daily Struggles of Millions of Low-Income Americans to Feed Themselves and Their Families
Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) announced today that he will be living on an average food stamp budget for one week – $31.50, or $4.50 a day – to raise awareness about billions of dollars in cuts House Republicans have proposed in nutrition programs for low-income families and children.
Kildee Calls for Justice Department Inquiry into Alleged Schemes Costing Michigan, California Nearly $83 Million
Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) today wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice asking Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate JPMorgan Chase, the nation’s largest bank, for alleged fraudulent schemes that resulted in $83 million in overcharges to Michigan and California for energy purchases.