“I don’t think that we need to have subpoena power”, said Sen.
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If you do that make sure to use “first draw water” the very first water to come out of your pipes after sitting overnight.
The state says the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services requested the Assessment of Chemical Exposure from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The grant announcement came a day after Weaver dismissed a separate plan offered by Snyder to study whether any of the pipes could be coated temporarily to get drinkable water flowing into city homes.
Meekhof, R-West Olive, initially resisted holding legislative hearings on Flint, but said Tuesday he thinks “enough work has been done on the investigatory” side to allow the committee to focus on public policy solutions. Officials in the Snyder administration have said that they hope to restore drinking water to the city in stages, with a full assessment of the system completed by mid-April. “Those who are doing that have plenty of time to do that, and that’s their skill set, not necessarily ours”. “He did nothing. As a result, hundreds of children were poisoned”, Sanders said. But Democratic Sen. Jim Ananich of Flint, one of the vice-chairs, openly calls it an investigation.
“The people of Flint have suffered long enough”.
Although his relatives have been fortunate enough to be getting bottled water to clean and cook, he’s still collecting water because many people are still using the contaminated water to bathe and brush their teeth.
The House is expected to approve the Senate-passed water bill assistance Thursday after a committee OK’d it Wednesday.
Flint residents have been unable to drink water from the tap for more than 18 months. Businesses will receive a credit for 20 percent of their bills.
“All the cities in the area have a wonderful water supply in the Mississippi River, and we’re not going to see the kinds of issues they saw in Flint”.
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Snyder released additional emails earlier this month, but amid criticism from lawmakers that this cache only dated to 2014, the governor told the Detroit News that the next round will reach back five years.
