All right. Let me do some businessing. Let me begin by recognizing some of the guests who are here. Your mayor, Karen Weaver, is here. I know Governor Rick Snyder is here. 好的。让我先处理一些正事。首先，我要介绍一下到场的几位嘉宾。你们的市长凯伦·韦弗也在这里。我知道里克·斯奈德州长也来了。
No, no -- because here's here to -- we're doing some business here. Members of Congress are here, including your outstanding senator, Debbie Stabenow. Flint's own Dan Kildee is here. Debbie Dingell is here. Brenda Lawrence is here. John Conyers is here. And Sandy Levin. An outstanding Michigan delegation. We've got Secretary Sylvia Burwell, who is the head of Health and Human Services, works for me. And Administrator Gina McCarthy is here, as well. I want to thank Superintendent Bilal Tawwab -- and Principal Tim Green for their hospitality. And I want to thank all of you for being here. 不，不——因为他来这里是为了——我们来这里是要做些正事的。国会议员们也来了，包括你们杰出的参议员黛比·施塔贝诺。弗林特本地人丹·基尔迪也在这里。黛比·丁格尔来了。布伦达·劳伦斯来了。约翰·科尼尔斯来了。还有桑迪·莱文。杰出的密歇根州代表团。我们的卫生与公众服务部部长西尔维娅·伯韦尔也来了，她是我的下属。环保局局长吉娜·麦卡锡也来了。我要感谢比拉尔·塔瓦布督学——还有蒂姆·格林校长的热情接待。我还要感谢你们所有人的到来。
Now, not too long ago, I received a letter from a young lady, an eight-year-old girl named Mari Copeny. You may know her as "Little Miss Flint." 不久前，我收到了一位年轻女士的来信，一个名叫玛丽·科佩尼的八岁女孩。你们可能知道她叫"小小姐弗林特"。
Those of you who have seats, please feel free to sit down so folks can see behind you. If you don't have a seat, don't sit down. 有座位的人请坐下，这样后面的人才能看到。没有座位的就不用坐了。
And like a lot of you, Mari has been worried about what happened here in Flint. She's worried about what it means for children like her. She's worried about the future of this city and this community. 和你们很多人一样，玛丽一直担心弗林特这里发生的事情。她担心这对像她这样的孩子意味着什么。她担心这座城市和这个社区的未来。
So in the middle of a tragedy that should have never happened here in the United States of America -- the denial of something as basic as clean, safe drinking water -- this eight-year-old girl spoke out and marched and, like many of you, protested. As Mari was getting ready to hop on a bus to Washington, she wrote to ask if she could meet with me while she was in town. There she is. 因此，在这场本不应该发生在美国的悲剧中——连清洁、安全的饮用水这样基本的东西都无法保障——这个八岁的女孩站出来发声、游行，和你们许多人一样进行抗议。当玛丽准备坐上巴士前往华盛顿时，她写信问我能否在她到城里时与我见一面。她就在那里。
Now, I would have been happy to see Mari in Washington. But when something like this happens, a young girl shouldn't have to go to Washington to be heard. I thought her President should come to Flint to meet with her. And that's why I'm here -- to tell you directly that I see you and I hear you, and I want to hear directly from you about how this public health crisis has disrupted your lives, how it's made you angry, how it's made you worried. 其实，我本来很乐意在华盛顿见玛丽。但当发生这样的事情时，一个年轻女孩不应该非要跑到华盛顿才能被听到。我觉得她的总统应该亲自来弗林特见她。这就是我来这里的原因——我要直接告诉你们，我看到了你们，我听到了你们的声音，我想直接从你们口中了解这场公共卫生危机如何打乱了你们的生活，如何让你们愤怒，如何让你们担忧。
And I just had a chance to meet with a few of your neighbors in a roundtable discussion, and I heard from them what I know a lot of you are feeling: That a lot of you are scared. That all of you feel let down. And I told them that I understood why you'd be afraid -- not just for yourselves, but for your kids. 我刚刚有机会与你们的几位邻居进行了圆桌讨论，我从他们那里听到了我知道你们很多人都有的感受：你们很多人感到害怕。你们所有人都感到被辜负了。我告诉他们，我理解你们为什么会害怕——不仅仅是为自己，更是为你们的孩子。
I also wanted to come here, though, to tell you that I've got your back -- that we're paying attention. So I met and heard directly from those who are leading the federal response and who are working hard to make sure that Flint is whole again, to make sure that this proud city bounces back not just to where it was, but stronger than ever. 不过，我来这里也是想告诉你们，我支持你们——我们在关注着这里。我已经与那些领导联邦应对工作的人直接会面并听取了他们的汇报，他们正在努力确保弗林特恢复如初，确保这座骄傲的城市不仅能回到原来的状态，而且能比以前更强大。
And I want all of you to know I am confident that Flint will come back. I will not rest, and I'm going to make sure that the leaders, at every level of government, don't rest until every drop of water that flows to your homes is safe to drink and safe to cook with, and safe to bathe in -- because that's part of the basic responsibilities of a government in the United States of America. 我想让你们所有人都知道，我有信心弗林特一定会东山再起。我不会停歇，我会确保各级政府的领导人都不会停歇，直到流入你们家中的每一滴水都可以安全饮用、安全烹饪、安全沐浴——因为这是美利坚合众国政府的基本职责之一。
So as President, I've sent Flint the best resources our federal government has to support our state and local partners. The agencies that serve you -- the agencies that specialize in health and housing, and those that support small businesses and our kids' education; those that are responsible for the food that our children eat and, of course, the water we drink. Everybody is on duty. The National Guard is on duty. This is a hands-on-deck situation -- all hands on deck. 作为总统，我已将联邦政府最好的资源派往弗林特，以支持我们的州和地方合作伙伴。为你们服务的各个机构——负责卫生和住房的机构，支持小企业和儿童教育的机构；负责我们孩子所吃食物的机构，当然还有负责我们饮用水的机构。所有人都在值守。国民警卫队也在值守。这是一个全员出动的局面——所有人都在行动。
Because if there's a child who feels neglected on the north side of Flint, or a family on the east side of this city who wonders whether they should give up on their hometown and move away, or an immigrant who wonders whether America means what we say about being a place where we take care of our own. That matters to all of us -- not just in Flint, not just in Michigan, but all across America. Flint's recovery is everybody's responsibility. And I'm going to make sure that responsibility is met. 因为如果有一个孩子在弗林特北区感到被忽视，如果这座城市东区的一个家庭在犹豫是否该放弃家乡搬走，如果有移民在怀疑美国是否真的像我们所说的那样是一个照顾自己人的地方。这关系到我们所有人——不仅仅是弗林特，不仅仅是密歇根，而是整个美国。弗林特的复苏是每个人的责任。我会确保这份责任得到履行。
So I just talked with some of the team of responders that are on the ground to make sure that they're coordinating. And they're doing some incredible things. They've distributed enough water to fill more than three Olympic-sized swimming pools. They've distributed thousands of filters. They're helping students afford nutritious food that work against the contaminants in bad water. They're making sure new moms have access to instant infant formula that doesn't require water. 我刚刚与一些在现场的应急团队进行了交谈，确保他们正在协调工作。他们正在做一些了不起的事情。他们分发的水足以填满三个以上的奥林匹克标准游泳池。他们分发了数千个过滤器。他们帮助学生获得有营养的食物，以对抗不良水质中的污染物。他们确保新妈妈们能够获得不需要用水的即食婴儿配方奶粉。
They've expanded health services for children and pregnant women, and education programs for Flint's youngest children. They're out there testing homes for lead and testing children for exposure to lead. 他们扩大了针对儿童和孕妇的医疗服务，以及针对弗林特最年幼儿童的教育项目。他们正在挨家挨户检测铅含量，并为儿童做铅暴露检测。
But like all our best responses in tough times, this is not a government effort alone. We need our businesses and nonprofits and philanthropies to step up. And what's incredible about Flint is how many volunteers have already been leading the way. You've got members of one union, UA Local 370, that have donated tens of thousands of dollars and 10,000 hours of their time. They've installed thousands of filters, hundreds of faucets by going door to door, night and day. They're not asking for anything in return, they're just doing the right thing. 但就像我们在困难时期所有最好的应对一样，这不仅仅是政府的努力。我们需要企业、非营利组织和慈善机构站出来。弗林特令人钦佩的一点是，已经有如此多的志愿者走在了前列。有一个工会，美国水管工协会370地方分会的成员们，已经捐赠了数万美元和一万小时的时间。他们夜以继日地挨家挨户安装了数千个过滤器和数百个水龙头。他们不求任何回报，只是在做正确的事。
So many Americans, here in Flint and around the country, have proven that you don't have be a plumber or a pipefitter to pitch in -- although it's very helpful if you're a plumber or pipefitter. So, in March, dozens of accountants teamed up with the American Red Cross to help residents recycle all the plastic water bottles that have been piling up. Religious and community groups are organizing supply drives, supporting families, offering free medical services. 如此多的美国人，无论是在弗林特还是在全国各地，都证明了你不必是水管工或管道安装工才能出一份力——当然，如果你是水管工或管道安装工那就更有帮助了。三月份，数十名会计师与美国红十字会合作，帮助居民回收堆积如山的塑料水瓶。宗教团体和社区组织正在组织物资捐赠活动，支持家庭，提供免费医疗服务。
The director of a local dance studio, I understand, found a creative way to help; she's letting people use her studio as a space to support one another by sharing their stories and realizing they're not alone. Even inmates at an Indiana prison came together to donate more than $2,500 to the people of Flint. 据我了解，当地一家舞蹈工作室的负责人找到了一种富有创意的帮助方式；她让人们把她的工作室用作互相支持的空间，分享彼此的故事，意识到他们并不孤单。甚至印第安纳州一所监狱的囚犯也一起为弗林特人民捐赠了两千五百多美元。
And a second-grader from Virginia, a young man named Isiah Britt, set up a website to see if he could raise $500 for hand sanitizers to send to the kids at Eisenhower Elementary here in Flint. So Isiah, it's fair to say, surpassed his goal, because he raised $15,000. And he explained that the experience taught him just because you're small "doesn't mean you can't do big things." 还有一个来自弗吉尼亚州的二年级学生，一个名叫以赛亚·布里特的年轻人，建立了一个网站，想筹集五百美元购买洗手液，寄给弗林特艾森豪威尔小学的孩子们。以赛亚，可以说他超额完成了目标，因为他筹集了一万五千美元。他解释说，这次经历让他明白，即使你年纪小，"也不代表你做不了大事。"
So when you think of all those stories, it should be clear that the American people care about Flint. The American people are paying attention and they care about you. And as is true when disasters strike in other ways, people pitch in, they come together. Because they imagine, "All right, that could have been me." That's the good news. 所以当你想到所有这些故事时，应该很清楚，美国人民关心弗林特。美国人民在关注着你们，他们关心你们。就像其他灾难发生时一样，人们会伸出援手，团结在一起。因为他们会想，"好吧，那本可能是我。"这是好消息。
The bad news is that this should not have happened in the first place. And even though the scope of the response looks sort of like the efforts we're used to seeing after a natural disaster, that's not what this was. This was a manmade disaster. This was avoidable. This was preventable. 坏消息是，这件事从一开始就不应该发生。尽管应对的规模看起来有点像我们在自然灾害后常见的那种努力，但这不是自然灾害。这是一场人为灾难。这本是可以避免的。这本是可以预防的。
Now, I'm not here to go through the full history of what happened. Like a lot of manufacturing towns, Flint's economy has been taking hits for decades now -- plants closing, jobs moving away. Manufacturing has shrunk. And that's made it harder for the city to maintain city services. And let's face it, government officials at every level weren't attentive to potential problems the way they should have been. 我不是来这里详述事情经过的。像许多制造业城镇一样，弗林特的经济几十年来一直遭受打击——工厂关闭，工作岗位流失。制造业萎缩了。这使得城市更难维持市政服务。面对现实吧，各级政府官员没有像他们应该的那样关注潜在问题。
So they start getting short-staffed, they start getting a shrinking tax base, more demand for services. Things start getting strained, and there's not enough help from the outside. And then when Flint's finances collapsed, an emergency manager was put in place whose mandate was primarily to cut at all costs. And then some very poor decisions were made. All these things contributed to this crisis. Many of you know the story. 于是他们开始人手不足，税基不断缩小，服务需求却在增加。情况开始变得紧张，外界的帮助又不够。后来当弗林特财政崩溃时，一位紧急事务经理被任命上任，他的主要任务就是不惜一切代价削减开支。然后就做出了一些非常糟糕的决定。所有这些因素共同导致了这场危机。你们很多人都知道这个故事。
Now, I do not believe that anybody consciously wanted to hurt the people in Flint. And this is not the place to sort out every screw-up that resulted in contaminated water. But I do think there is a larger issue that we have to acknowledge, because I do think that part of what contributed to this crisis was a broader mindset, a bigger attitude, a corrosive attitude that exists in our politics and exists in too many levels of our government. 我不认为有人故意想要伤害弗林特的人民。这里也不是要追究每一个导致水污染的失误。但我认为我们必须承认一个更大的问题，因为我确实认为造成这场危机的部分原因是一种更广泛的心态，一种更严重的态度，一种存在于我们政治中、存在于我们太多层级政府中的腐蚀性态度。
And it's a mindset that believes that less government is the highest good no matter what. It's a mindset that says environmental rules designed to keep your water clean or your air clean are optional, or not that important, or unnecessarily burden businesses or taxpayers. It's an ideology that undervalues the common good, says we're all on our own and what's in it for me, and how do I do well, but I'm not going to invest in what we need as a community. 这种心态认为，无论如何，政府越少越好。这种心态认为，旨在保持水清洁或空气清洁的环境法规是可选的，或者不那么重要，或者给企业或纳税人带来了不必要的负担。这是一种低估公共利益的意识形态，认为我们都只能靠自己，只想着我能得到什么，我怎么才能过得好，却不愿投资于我们作为一个社区所需要的东西。
And, as a consequence, you end up seeing an underinvestment in the things that we all share that make us safe, that make us whole, that give us the ability to pursue our own individual dreams. So we underinvest in pipes underground. We underinvest in bridges that we drive on, and the roads that connect us, and the schools that move us forward. 结果就是，我们对那些我们共同拥有、保障我们安全、维系我们完整、让我们有能力追求个人梦想的事物投入不足。我们对地下管道投入不足。我们对我们行驶的桥梁、连接我们的道路、推动我们前进的学校投入不足。
And this is part of the attitude, this is part of the mindset: We especially underinvest when the communities that are put at risk are poor, or don't have a lot of political clout -- and so are not as often heard in the corridors of power. 这就是那种态度的一部分，这就是那种心态的一部分：当面临风险的社区是贫困社区，或者没有太多政治影响力——因此在权力走廊中不常被听到——我们的投入就尤其不足。
And this kind of thinking -- this myth that government is always the enemy; that forgets that our government is us -- it's us; that it's an extension of us, ourselves -- that attitude is as corrosive to our democracy as the stuff that resulted in lead in your water. Because what happens is it leads to systematic neglect. It leads to carelessness and callousness. It leads to a lot of hidden disasters that you don't always read about and aren't as flashy, but that over time diminish the life of a community and make it harder for our young people to succeed. 这种想法——那种认为政府永远是敌人的迷思；那种忘记了我们的政府就是我们自己——就是我们，是我们自身的延伸——这种态度对我们民主的腐蚀性，就像导致你们水中含铅的那些东西一样。因为它会导致系统性的忽视。它会导致粗心和冷漠。它会导致很多你不常读到、不那么显眼的隐性灾难，但随着时间的推移，这些灾难会削弱社区的活力，让我们的年轻人更难成功。
In one of the roundtables, I was listening to somebody -- I think it was a pastor who told me, you know, it made us feel like we didn't count. And you can't have a democracy where people feel like they don't count, where people feel like they're not heard. 在一次圆桌会议上，我听到有人——我想是一位牧师告诉我，你知道，这让我们觉得自己不重要。在一个民主国家，你不能让人们觉得自己不重要，觉得自己的声音不被听到。
And that attitude ignores how this country was built, our entire history -- which is based on the idea that we're all connected and that what happens in a community like Flint matters everybody, and that there are things that we can only do together, as a nation, as a people, as a state, as a city that no man is an island. 这种态度无视了这个国家是如何建立的，无视了我们的全部历史——我们的历史建立在这样一个理念之上：我们都是相互联系的，发生在弗林特这样的社区的事情关系到每个人，有些事情我们只能作为一个国家、一个民族、一个州、一座城市共同完成，没有人是一座孤岛。
We've been debating this since the Republic began: What are our individual responsibilities and what are our collective responsibilities. And that's a good debate. But I've always believed what the first Republican President, a guy named Abraham Lincoln, said. He said we should do individually those things that we do best by ourselves. But through our government, we should do together what we can't do as well for ourselves. 自共和国成立以来，我们一直在争论这个问题：我们的个人责任是什么，我们的集体责任又是什么。这是一场有益的辩论。但我一直相信第一位共和党总统，一个名叫亚伯拉罕·林肯的人所说的话。他说，我们应该独立去做那些我们自己能做得最好的事情。但通过我们的政府，我们应该共同去做那些我们自己做不好的事情。
So it doesn't matter how hard you work, how responsible you are, or how well you raise your kids -- you can't set up a whole water system for a city. That's not something you do by yourself. You do it with other people. You can't hire your own fire department, or your own police force, or your own army. There are things we have to do together -- basic things that we all benefit from. 所以无论你工作多么努力，你多么负责任，或者你把孩子抚养得多好——你不可能为一座城市建起一整个供水系统。这不是你一个人能做的事。你需要和其他人一起做。你不可能自己雇一个消防部门，或者自己的警察部队，或者自己的军队。有些事情我们必须共同去做——那些我们所有人都从中受益的基本事情。
And that's how we invested in a rail system and a highway system. That's how we invested in public schools. That's how we invested in science and research. These how we invested in community colleges and land grant colleges like Michigan State. 我们就是这样投资建设了铁路系统和公路系统。我们就是这样投资建设了公立学校。我们就是这样投资于科学研究。我们就是这样投资于社区学院和像密歇根州立大学这样的赠地学院。
Can I get some water? Come on up here. Give me some water. I want a glass of water. I want a glass of water. Sit down. I'm all right. I'm going to get a glass of water right here. Let's make sure we find one. It will be filtered. Hold on, I'm going to talk about that in a second. Settle down, everybody. 能给我拿点水来吗？上来吧。给我点水。我要一杯水。我要一杯水。坐下吧。我没事。我就在这里要一杯水。我们得找到一杯。会是过滤过的。等等，我马上就要谈到这个了。大家安静一下。
Where was I? We invested in our communities and our cities. And by making those investments in the common good, we invested in ourselves. That's the platform we create that allows each of us independently to succeed. That's what made America great. 我说到哪儿了？我们投资于我们的社区和城市。通过对公共利益进行投资，我们也就是在投资自己。这就是我们创造的平台，让我们每个人都能独立地取得成功。这就是让美国变得伟大的原因。
So the people in Flint, and across Michigan, and around the country -- individuals and church groups and non-for-profits and community organizations -- you've proven that the American people will step up when required. And our volunteers, our non-for-profits, they're the lifeblood of our communities. We so appreciate what you do. 所以弗林特的人民、密歇根州各地的人民、以及全国各地的人民——个人、教会团体、非营利组织和社区组织——你们已经证明，美国人民会在需要的时候站出来。我们的志愿者、我们的非营利组织，是我们社区的生命线。我们非常感谢你们所做的一切。
But volunteers don't build county water systems and keep lead from leaching into our drinking glasses. We can't rely on faith groups to reinforce bridges and repave runways at the airport. We can't ask second-graders, even ones as patriotic as Isiah Britt who raised all that money, to raise enough money to keep our kids healthy. 但志愿者不会建造县供水系统，也不会阻止铅渗入我们的水杯。我们不能依靠宗教团体来加固桥梁或重铺机场跑道。我们不能要求二年级学生，即使是像筹集了那么多钱的以赛亚·布里特那样爱国的孩子，筹集足够的钱来保障我们孩子的健康。
You hear a lot about government overreach, how Obama -- he's for big government. Listen, it's not government overreach to say that our government is responsible for making sure you can wash your hands in your own sink, or shower in your own home, or cook for your family. These are the most basic services. There is no more basic element sustaining human life than water. It's not too much to expect for all Americans that their water is going to be safe. 你们听到很多关于政府越权的说法，说奥巴马——他支持大政府。听着，说我们的政府有责任确保你能在自己的水槽里洗手，能在自己家里洗澡，能为家人做饭，这不是政府越权。这些是最基本的服务。没有什么比水更能维持人类生命的基本元素了。期待所有美国人都能用上安全的水，这并不过分。
Now, where do we go from here? 那么，我们接下来该怎么做？
Well, I'm still waiting for my water. Somebody obviously didn't hear me. Usually I get my water pretty quick. Hold on a second. 嗯，我还在等我的水。显然有人没听见我的话。通常我要水很快就能拿到。等一下。
Now, the reason I know I'm okay is because I already had some Flint water. There we go. I really did need a glass of water. This is not a stunt. 我知道我没事的原因是我已经喝过一些弗林特的水了。来了。我真的需要一杯水。这不是作秀。
Now, I'm going to talk about this. Everybody settle down. This is a feisty crowd. Hold on a second. All right, everybody settle down. I got some serious points to make here. 好，我来谈谈这个。大家安静一下。这群人还挺激动的。等一下。好了，大家安静下来。我有一些严肃的要点要说。
So where do we go from here? Now, Mayor Weaver has a plan to fix the pipes in Flint. And unfortunately, because the state initially cut so many corners, it's going to end up being more expensive -- much more expensive now than it would have been to avert the disaster in the first place. But the good news is that Michigan does have funds it can use from the federal government to help Flint. The Governor indicated that in his budget he has put forward additional funds to replace the pipes. 那么我们接下来该怎么做呢？韦弗市长有一个修复弗林特管道的计划。不幸的是，由于州政府最初偷工减料，现在的成本最终会更高——比当初避免这场灾难的成本高得多。但好消息是，密歇根州确实有可以从联邦政府获得的资金来帮助弗林特。州长表示，他在预算中已经提出了额外资金用于更换管道。
In order for it to happen -- and I said this to the Mayor and the Governor; I had them both in my car, the Beast -- I told them I wasn't going to let either of them out until we figured this out. I had Secret Service surrounding everybody. 为了实现这一目标——我对市长和州长都这么说了；我让他们俩都上了我的车，"野兽"号——我告诉他们，在我们解决这个问题之前，我不会让他们任何一个人下车。我让特勤局把所有人都围住了。
But what I said was, is that the city and the state and the federal government, everybody is going to have to work together to get this done. 但我想说的是，市政府、州政府和联邦政府，所有人都必须共同努力才能完成这件事。
So it's not going to happen overnight. But we have to get started. We have to get the money flowing. We've got to work with our plumbers and pipefitters, but also train local residents and start getting apprenticeship programs going -- so that even as we're trying to deal with this disaster, we're also hopefully lifting people up and giving them an opportunity for employment. Congress, led by your congressional delegation, needs to act in a bipartisan fashion, do their job, make sure Flint has the necessary resources. 所以这不会一蹴而就。但我们必须开始行动。我们必须让资金流动起来。我们必须与水管工和管道安装工合作，但也要培训当地居民，启动学徒计划——这样，即使我们在努力应对这场灾难，我们也有希望提升人们的生活，给他们就业机会。由你们国会代表团领导的国会需要以两党合作的方式采取行动，履行他们的职责，确保弗林特获得必要的资源。
And so it's long past time that Flint has a well-managed, monitored, modern water system that protects not just against lead, but other contaminants. All right? So that's our goal. That's one goal. 弗林特早就应该拥有一个管理完善、受到监控的现代化供水系统，不仅能防铅，还能防范其他污染物。对吧？这就是我们的目标。这是第一个目标。
But we've got to do more than just ensure the integrity and safety of your water for the long term. What we also have to do is work as one team -- federal, state, and local leaders, Democrats and Republicans -- to address some of the broader issues that have been raised by this crisis. The federal officials I met with today are committed to staying on the job until we get it done. But that requires the state of Michigan to step up and be fully invested in this process, as well. Today's vote in Lansing to increase funding for health care was a good start. 但我们要做的不仅仅是确保你们的水从长远来看是完整和安全的。我们还必须作为一个团队共同努力——联邦、州和地方领导人，民主党人和共和党人——来解决这场危机所引发的一些更广泛的问题。我今天会见的联邦官员承诺会继续努力，直到我们完成任务。但这也需要密歇根州站出来，全力投入这一进程。今天兰辛关于增加医疗保健资金的投票是一个好的开始。
But part of keeping the faith with the people of Flint means making sure that you're first in line for the jobs this effort will create. It means that since the state voted this afternoon to expand Medicaid, every child who lived in Flint while the water was bad needs to be able to get seen by a doctor, diagnosed, make sure that there's follow-up. We can't just promise it, we've got to deliver it. And that means everybody has got to cooperate. Everybody has got to cooperate. 但对弗林特人民信守承诺的一部分意味着，要确保你们在这项努力将创造的就业机会中排在第一位。这意味着，既然州议会今天下午投票通过了扩大医疗补助计划，那么每一个在水质恶化期间住在弗林特的孩子都需要能够看医生、得到诊断，并确保有后续跟进。我们不能只承诺，我们必须兑现。这意味着每个人都必须合作。每个人都必须合作。
And keeping the faith with you also means the state has to step up and deliver the resources that will help not only fix the water, but transform Flint so that it is once again a functioning city with the capacity and the democratic structures to work. 对你们信守承诺还意味着，州政府必须站出来提供资源，不仅帮助修复供水，还要改造弗林特，使它再次成为一个正常运转的城市，拥有正常运作的能力和民主结构。
The city government has to be on a firm foundation. The mayor can't do it by herself. She's got to have a team and a staff, and there's got to be a budget that works, that's sustainable, and a plan for long-term economic development, and a plan to make sure that health care is available to all of our kids, and a plan to make sure that education is top-notch in this city, and that more jobs are being created. And that will require many more of the good work that we've seen from citizens and community groups who care about your families. 市政府必须建立在坚实的基础上。市长一个人做不到。她需要一个团队和工作人员，需要一个可行的、可持续的预算，需要一个长期经济发展计划，需要一个确保所有孩子都能获得医疗保健的计划，需要一个确保这座城市的教育是一流的、创造更多就业机会的计划。这需要公民和关心你们家庭的社区团体做出更多我们已经看到的那种良好努力。
But it's not enough just to fix the water. We've got to fix the culture of neglect, the mindset I was talking about -- that has degraded too many schools and too many roads and hurt too many futures. We've got to fix the mindset that only leaves people cynical about our government. Our government is us -- of us, by us, for us -- the people. 但仅仅修复供水是不够的。我们必须修复那种忽视的文化，那种我刚才谈到的心态——那种已经让太多学校衰败、太多道路破损、太多未来受损的心态。我们必须修复那种只会让人们对我们的政府产生怀疑的心态。我们的政府就是我们自己——民有、民治、民享——人民的政府。
So we've got a lot of work to do. But I'm here to tell you I'm prepared to work with you on this. I'm paying attention. 所以我们有很多工作要做。但我来这里是要告诉你们，我准备好与你们一起努力。我在关注着。
Now, a couple of specific things I want to address. These aren't in my prepared remarks, but this is what I gathered from the conversations that I had. 现在，我想谈几件具体的事情。这些不在我准备好的讲稿里，但这是我从刚才的对话中了解到的。
I'm in Flint right now, not Detroit. But I do love Detroit. And their school needs support, and there is -- some of that same mindset has hurt the schools there. 我现在是在弗林特，不是底特律。但我确实爱底特律。那里的学校需要支持，而且——同样的心态也伤害了那里的学校。
But listen up, because this is drawn from the conversations I had with many of your neighbors and friends, as well as the federal response teams that I sent out here a while back. We're going to do everything we can to accelerate getting new pipes here in Flint. But even with all the money, even with an efficient, speeded-up process, it's going to take a while for all the pipes to be replaced. 但听好了，因为这些来自我与你们许多邻居和朋友的对话，以及我不久前派到这里的联邦应急团队。我们将尽一切努力加快在弗林特铺设新管道的速度。但即使有了所有的资金，即使有了高效、加速的流程，更换所有管道也需要时间。
It's not going to happen next month. It's not going to happen six months from now, where all the pipes in Flint are going to be replaced. We've got to get started, and you need to see that it's getting started and that progress is being made. But it's not going to happen overnight. Even if we get all the plumbers and pipefitters, and we get some more apprentices trained -- even if we do all that, it's going to take some time. 不是下个月就能完成的。也不是六个月后弗林特所有的管道都能更换完毕。我们必须开始行动，你们需要看到工作已经开始，正在取得进展。但这不会一蹴而就。即使我们找来所有的水管工和管道安装工，即使我们培训更多的学徒——即使我们做了所有这些，也需要一些时间。
And so one of the things I heard talking to a lot of your neighbors is, boy, right now it's rough just trying to figure out how to get bottled water on the way home from work, and you're trying to just shower real quick, and people are still concerned about what's safe and what information is correct and what is not. So I do want to just tell you what I know, based on not just what I've been reading in the papers, but what our top scientists have told me. 我从与你们许多邻居的交谈中听到的一件事是，天哪，现在光是想办法在下班回家路上弄到瓶装水就够难的了，你们只能匆匆洗个澡，人们仍然在担心什么是安全的，什么信息是正确的，什么不是。所以我想告诉你们我所知道的，不仅仅是我从报纸上读到的，还有我们顶尖科学家告诉我的。
The first is that while you are waiting to get your pipes replaced, you need to have a filter installed, and use that filter. And if you do use that filter, then the water is safe to consume for children over the age of six and who are not pregnant. 第一点，在你们等待管道更换期间，你们需要安装过滤器，并使用那个过滤器。如果你们确实使用了那个过滤器，那么对于六岁以上且未怀孕的儿童来说，水是可以安全饮用的。
Now, hold on a second. Don't just start shouting, okay? Because this is the problem -- we're going to have to solve this problem. And if people don't listen to each other, then it's not going to get fixed. 等等，等一下。别一下子都喊起来，好吗？因为这就是问题所在——我们必须解决这个问题。如果人们不肯互相倾听，问题就解决不了。
So I'm telling you -- and I promise you, I'm really good at stirring folks up. So if I want to just come here and stir folks up, I know how to do that. But that's not actually going to solve the problem, all right? So I'm telling what I know, because I guarantee you that the scientists who work for me, if they tell me something -- which I'm saying in front of all those cameras -- turns out to be wrong, that person will not have a job. 我告诉你们——我向你们保证，我很擅长鼓动群众情绪。所以如果我只是想来这里煽动大家，我知道怎么做。但那实际上解决不了问题，明白吗？我告诉你们我所知道的，因为我向你们保证，为我工作的科学家们，如果他们告诉我的事情——我是在所有这些摄像机面前说的——被证明是错的，那个人就会丢掉工作。
So although I understand the fear and concern that people have, and it is entirely legitimate, what the science tells us at this stage is you should not drink any of the water that is not filtered. But if you get the filter and use it properly, that water can be consumed. That's point number one. 所以尽管我理解人们的恐惧和担忧，这完全是合理的，但科学告诉我们，在现阶段，你们不应该饮用任何未经过滤的水。但如果你们安装过滤器并正确使用，水是可以饮用的。这是第一点。
And you can get those filters free, and people will help install them if you need help -- particularly seniors who may have trouble going back and forth and trying to get a whole bunch of bottles of water and so forth. So that's information that I trust and I believe. That's point number one. 而且你们可以免费获得这些过滤器，如果需要帮助的话，会有人帮你们安装——特别是那些可能来回搬水有困难的老年人等等。所以这是我信任并相信的信息。这是第一点。
Point number two: Every child in Flint who may have consumed water during the course of this tragedy -- and that is the overwhelming majority of children here -- should get checked. 第二点：弗林特每一个在这场悲剧期间可能喝过水的孩子——也就是这里绝大多数的孩子——都应该接受检查。
Now, the reason that's important is because lead is a serious issue. And if undiagnosed and not dealt with, it can lead to some long-term problems. But -- and this is really important, so I want everybody to pay attention -- if you know that your child may have been exposed and you go to a health clinic, a doctor, a provider, and are working with them, then your child will be fine. 这很重要的原因是，铅是一个严重的问题。如果不加以诊断和处理，可能会导致一些长期问题。但是——这一点非常重要，所以我希望每个人都注意——如果你知道你的孩子可能已经接触过铅，你去健康诊所、医生、医疗服务提供者那里，并与他们合作，那么你的孩子会没事的。
And the reason I can say that with some confidence is not just based on science, but based on the fact that keep in mind that it wasn't until the '80s where we started banning lead in paint, lead in toys, lead in gasoline. So if you are my age, or older, or maybe even a little bit younger, you got some lead in your system when you were growing up. 我之所以能有信心这么说，不仅仅是基于科学，还基于这样一个事实：请记住，直到八十年代我们才开始禁止油漆中的铅、玩具中的铅、汽油中的铅。所以如果你和我同龄，或者比我大，或者甚至可能比我小一点，你小时候体内也有一些铅。
You did. I am sure that somewhere, when I was two years old, I was taking a chip of paint, tasting it, and I got some lead. Or sometimes toys were painted with lead, and you were chewing on them. 真的有。我敢肯定，在我两岁的时候，我拿过一块油漆碎片尝了尝，我就摄入了一些铅。或者有时候玩具是用含铅油漆涂的，你会去啃它们。
Now, I say that not to make light of the situation. We know now what we didn't know then, which is it can cause problems if children get exposed to lead at elevated levels. But the point is that as long as kids are getting good health care, and folks are paying attention, and they're getting a good education, and they have community support, and they're getting some good home training, and they are in a community that is loving and nurturing and thriving, these kids will be fine. 我说这些不是为了轻视这种情况。我们现在知道了当时不知道的事情，那就是如果儿童接触到高水平的铅，可能会造成问题。但关键是，只要孩子们得到良好的医疗保健，只要人们给予关注，只要他们接受良好的教育，只要他们有社区支持，只要他们得到良好的家庭教育，只要他们生活在一个充满爱、关怀和蓬勃发展的社区里，这些孩子就会没事的。
And I don't want anybody to start thinking that somehow all the kids in Flint are going to have problems for the rest of their lives, because that's not true. That is not true. And I don't want that stigma to be established in the minds of kids. 我不希望任何人开始认为弗林特所有的孩子都会在余生中受到困扰，因为那不是事实。绝对不是事实。我不希望这种污名在孩子们的心中建立起来。
We've learned a lot of things since I was a kid. I used to have adults blowing smoke in my face all the time. We didn't use seat belts. We wrapped dry-cleaning bags around us and thought that was funny. Folks didn't know. 从我小时候到现在，我们学到了很多东西。我小时候常有大人对着我的脸抽烟。我们不系安全带。我们把干洗袋套在身上，觉得那很有趣。人们当时不知道。
No, no, but the reason I think this is important is because I heard from a lot of folks who were saying how moms and dads were feeling guilty. They're feeling sad. They're feeling depressed. Oh, Lord, what's -- how is this going to affect my child. And it's right to be angry. But you can't get passive. You can't just suddenly sit back and sink into despair. 不，不，但我认为这很重要的原因是，我听到很多人说爸爸妈妈们感到内疚。他们感到悲伤。他们感到沮丧。天啊，这——这会对我的孩子造成什么影响。愤怒是应该的。但你不能变得消极。你不能就这样坐下来陷入绝望。
Our kids will be fine, but you have to now take action. Don't wait for somebody else to reach out and ask whether your child has gotten a checkup recently. We just expanded Medicaid. Go take your child to that doctor. Use that health system. 我们的孩子会没事的，但你现在必须采取行动。不要等着别人主动来问你的孩子最近有没有做过检查。我们刚刚扩大了医疗补助计划。带你的孩子去看医生。利用那个医疗系统。
And so community organizations, churches, et cetera, one of the things that we need to do is -- and I've talked to the Governor and the Mayor about this -- is set up a system of outreach so that we're getting everybody as a village looking out for every child, making sure that they're getting checked up, making sure they've got pediatric care, making sure they're being tested effectively, making sure then that they're getting nutritious food. 所以社区组织、教会等等，我们需要做的事情之一是——我已经和州长和市长谈过了——就是建立一个外展系统，让我们作为一个村庄来照顾每一个孩子，确保他们都得到检查，确保他们都有儿科护理，确保他们都得到有效的检测，确保他们都获得有营养的食物。
Just to give you an example, we know that if kids are getting vegetables and eating properly -- that, just by itself, is going to have some impact on any effects of lead. But I know that here in Flint there are whole neighborhoods that don't even have a supermarket. So we're going to have to figure out how to get supermarkets in those communities. And in the meantime, we got to help make sure that those kids are getting the nutrition they need. 举个例子，我们知道如果孩子们吃蔬菜、饮食合理——仅此一点就会对铅的任何影响产生一定的抵消作用。但我知道在弗林特，有些社区甚至连一家超市都没有。所以我们得想办法在这些社区里建起超市。同时，我们必须帮助确保那些孩子获得他们需要的营养。
So I say all this just to indicate you should be angry, but channel that anger. You should be hurt, but don't sink into despair. And most of all, do not somehow communicate to our children here in this city that they're going to be saddled with problems for the rest of their lives. 所以我说这一切只是为了说明，你们应该愤怒，但要引导你们的愤怒。你们应该感到受伤，但不要陷入绝望。最重要的是，千万不要以任何方式让这座城市的孩子们觉得他们的余生都会背负着问题。
Because they will not. They'll do just fine, just like I did fine with a single mom, and a lot of you did fine growing up in a tough neighborhood. They'll make it as long as we're there for them and looking after them, and doing the right thing for them and giving them the resources that they need. Don't lose hope. Don't lose hope. 因为不会的。他们会过得很好，就像我有一个单身妈妈也过得很好一样，就像你们很多人在艰苦的社区长大也过得很好一样。只要我们在他们身边照顾他们，为他们做正确的事，给他们需要的资源，他们就会成功。不要失去希望。不要失去希望。
I talked longer than I was going to. But I feel strongly about this whole issue with kids now. Kids rise to the expectations we set for them. A lot of kids in Flint already got some crosses they got to bear. They've already got people telling them, oh, it's too tough for you because you're black or you're poor. They will do fine as long as we do right by them. And that's my intention. And set high expectations for them. 我说得比我原计划的要长。但我现在对孩子们的整个问题感受很深。孩子们会朝着我们为他们设定的期望成长。弗林特的很多孩子已经背负了一些十字架。已经有人告诉他们，哦，这对你来说太难了，因为你是黑人或者你很穷。只要我们好好对待他们，他们就会没事的。这就是我的打算。为他们设定高期望。
Just a couple more points. What happened here is just an extreme example, an extreme and tragic case of what's happening in a lot of places around the country. We've seen unacceptably high levels of lead in townships along the Jersey Shore and in North Carolina's major cities. We've seen it in the capitals of South Carolina and Mississippi. And even, not long ago, lead-contaminated drinking water was found right down the street from the United States Capitol. 再讲几点。这里发生的事情只是一个极端的例子，是在全国各地发生的许多事情中一个极端而悲惨的案例。我们在泽西海岸沿线的乡镇和北卡罗来纳州的主要城市都看到了高得令人无法接受的铅含量。我们在南卡罗来纳州和密西西比州的首府也看到了。甚至就在不久前，就在美国国会大厦的街对面，也发现了受铅污染的饮用水。
So Flint is just a tip of the iceberg in terms of us reinvesting in our communities. We've seen bridges fall and levies break. So we've got to break that mindset. These things aren't a coincidence. They're the same mindset that left Flint's water unsafe to drink. 所以就我们对社区进行再投资而言，弗林特只是冰山一角。我们见过桥梁倒塌、堤坝决口。所以我们必须打破那种心态。这些事情不是巧合。正是同样的心态导致弗林特的水不安全饮用。
And it's self-destructive when we don't invest in our communities. Because a lot of times the people who are against government spending, they'll say, well, the private sector is the key. The private sector is the key for our economy. Free markets and free enterprise are great. But companies won't invest in a place where your infrastructure is crumbling and your roads are broke. You're not going to start a business or be able to recruit outstanding staff if there's no safe drinking water in the city. 当我们不对社区进行投资时，这是自我毁灭的。因为很多时候，那些反对政府支出的人会说，嗯，私营部门才是关键。私营部门是我们经济的关键。自由市场和自由企业很棒。但公司不会投资一个基础设施破败、道路破旧的地方。如果城市里没有安全的饮用水，你就不会创办企业，也招不到优秀的员工。
So my hope is, is that this begins a national conversation about what we need to do to invest in future generations. And it's no secret that, on this pipeline of neglect, a lot of times it's the most poor folks who are left behind. It's working people who are left behind. We see it in communities across the Midwest that haven't recovered since the plants shut down. We see it on inner city corners where they might be able to drink the water, but they can't find a job. We see it in the rural hills of Appalachia. 所以我的希望是，这能开启一场全国性的对话，讨论我们需要做些什么来投资子孙后代。众所周知，在这条被忽视的管道上，很多时候最贫穷的人被落在了后面。是劳动人民被落在了后面。我们在中西部那些工厂关闭后一直没有恢复的社区看到了这一点。我们在市中心的街角看到了这一点，那里的人们也许能喝上安全的水，但找不到工作。我们在阿巴拉契亚的乡村山坳里看到了这一点。
We've got to break that mindset that says that that neighborhood over there, that's not my problem; those kids over there, they don't look like my kids exactly, so I don't have to worry about them -- out of sight, out of mind. We've got to break that attitude that says somehow there's an "us" in "them," and remind ourselves that there's just one big "we" -- the American family, and everybody has got to look out for each other. Because the kids here in Flint aren't "those" kids, they're "our" kids. That's what Scripture teaches us. But I'm not going to start preaching in front of some pastors. 我们必须打破那种心态，就是认为那边的那个社区，那不是我的问题；那边的那些孩子，他们长得和我的孩子不太一样，所以我不用担心他们——眼不见，心不烦。我们必须打破那种认为有"我们"和"他们"之分的态度，提醒自己只有一个大写的"我们"——美利坚大家庭，每个人都必须互相照顾。因为弗林特这里的孩子不是"那些"孩子，他们是"我们的"孩子。这就是圣经教导我们的。但我不会在一些牧师面前开始布道。
So let me just close by saying this. Look, I know this has been a scary time. I know this is disappointing. You've been let down. But there is a sermon about a phoenix rising from these ashes. And there is the opportunity out of this complete screw-up, this painful tragedy, this neglect, this disappointment to actually pull together and make for a better future. 最后让我这样说。听着，我知道这是一段可怕的时期。我知道这令人失望。你们被辜负了。但有一篇关于凤凰从灰烬中重生的讲道。在这场彻底的混乱、这场痛苦的悲剧、这种忽视、这种失望之中，存在着一个机会，让我们真正团结起来，创造更美好的未来。
Sometimes it takes a crisis for everybody to focus their attention. Because there have been a lot of crises going on in Flint; they just weren't as loud and noisy, and nobody noticed. There are a lot of small, quiet crises going on in the lives of people around this country. And this helps lift it up. 有时候，一场危机才能让所有人集中注意力。因为弗林特一直有很多危机；只是它们不那么喧闹，没有人注意到。这个国家人民的生活中正在发生许多小而安静的危机。这件事帮助把它们凸显了出来。
And when we see it, and we understand it, and we feel it, then maybe we start making a connection with each other. And that begins to change our mindset and improve our politics and improve our government to make it more responsive and more accountable. 当我们看到它、理解它、感受到它时，也许我们就开始建立彼此之间的联系。这就开始改变我们的心态，改善我们的政治，改善我们的政府，让它更有回应力、更负责任。
And the good news is, is that that's the natural mindset of our young people. That's why I'm so hopeful about the people of Flint. That's why I'm so hopeful about America generally, is I meet young people all the time, and they've got a mindset just like Little Miss Flint here. She decides, I'm just going right to the President, because I think we can fix this. Or the mindset of Isiah raising $15,000 to help an elementary school where he's never been. 好消息是，这正是我们年轻人的天然心态。这就是为什么我对弗林特人民充满希望。这就是为什么我对美国整体充满希望，因为我经常遇到年轻人，他们就像这里的"小小姐弗林特"一样有着同样的心态。她决定，我要直接去找总统，因为我认为我们可以解决这个问题。或者是以赛亚的心态，筹集一万五千美元帮助一所他从未去过的小学。
That's America. That's who we are at our best. We are a nation of individuals, and we should be proud of everything that we can accomplish on our own through hard work, and grit, and looking after our own families, and making sure we're raising our children right. But we don't do these things alone. Ultimately, our success is dependent on each other. Our success is dependent on each other. 这就是美国。这就是我们最好的样子。我们是一个由个人组成的国家，我们应该为我们通过努力工作、坚韧不拔、照顾自己的家庭、确保正确抚养孩子所能取得的一切成就感到自豪。但我们不是独自做这些事情的。归根结底，我们的成功取决于彼此。我们的成功取决于彼此。
I have had the privilege of being the President of the United States, a big office -- an office that gives me enormous power and enormous responsibility. But the thing I've learned in that job is that I can't do it by myself. I can't fix every problem on my own. 我有幸担任过美利坚合众国总统，这是一个重要的职位——一个赋予我巨大权力和巨大责任的职位。但我在这个职位上学到的是，我不能一个人做这件事。我不能独自解决每一个问题。
I need a mother-in-law who helps Michelle and me raise Malia and Sasha. I need incredible staff who are carrying out our policies to sign people up for health care. I've got to have our incredible men and women in uniform who are willing to go overseas and fight on behalf of our freedom. I've got to have governors and mayors who are willing to work with me to get things done in their states and in their cities. 我需要一个岳母帮助米歇尔和我抚养玛丽亚和萨沙。我需要出色的工作人员来执行我们的政策，让人们注册获得医疗保健。我需要我们了不起的男女军人，他们愿意远赴海外为我们的自由而战。我需要愿意与我合作、在他们的州和城市把事情做好的州长和市长们。
And, most of all, I need fellow citizens who share the values that built this great country and are willing to work with me and work together to make it better. I said this before: The most important office in a democracy is the office of citizen. It's more important than the President. More important than any senator or governor or mayor. It is the idea that each of us has something to contribute, each of us has something to give back. 最重要的是，我需要同胞们，他们认同建设这个伟大国家的价值观，并愿意与我合作、共同努力让它变得更好。我以前说过：民主制度中最重要的职位是公民的职位。它比总统更重要。比任何参议员、州长或市长都更重要。这个理念就是，我们每个人都有可以贡献的东西，我们每个人都有可以回馈的东西。
So, Flint, I'm here not just to say I've got your back. I'm here not just to say that you will get help. I'm also here to say you've got power. I'm also here to say you count. I'm also here to say that you can make a difference and rebuild this city better than ever. And you'll have a friend and partner in the President of the United States. 所以，弗林特，我来这里不仅仅是说我支持你们。我来这里不仅仅是说你们会得到帮助。我来这里也是要说你们有力量。我来这里也是要说你们很重要。我来这里也是要说你们可以有所作为，可以把这座城市重建得比以往任何时候都更好。你们将拥有一位来自美利坚合众国总统的朋友和伙伴。
God bless you. God bless Flint. God bless Michigan. God bless the United States of America. 上帝保佑你们。上帝保佑弗林特。上帝保佑密歇根。上帝保佑美利坚合众国。