Sandy Levin of Royal Oak, Brenda Lawrence of Southfield, Debbie Dingell of Dearborn, Marcy Kaptur of OH and Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas – heard horror stories of mysterious rashes and sores and reports from a Flint principal about behavioral problems among students that didn’t happen prior to the lead leeching into residents’ water. After lead levels twice as high as federal guidelines were revealed, government officials admitted they had no corrosion-control system, like Minneapolis’, in place.
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Clinton met with mothers impacted by the contaminated water before the event and pledged to the mayor and pastors form the church that she will “not let the light dim” on Flint.
Perhaps Gov. Snyder should take notice from this cartoon and get personally involved in the Flint crisis because delegating responsibility to those around him has proved disastrous!
Working to protect the drinking water in Michigan, Ohio, and other states, Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) co-sponsored an amendment he helped to negotiate with Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) created to address lead exposure to drinking systems around the country.
Lower taxes reminds me, our Gov. Rick Scott wants to give businesses a tax break of $1 billion but he doesn’t have just $37 million to process hundreds of backlogged rape kits.
“In order for us to translate all this sympathy to real action, it’s going to take a lot of Republican members who are willing to stand up, and we have a big hill to climb”, Kildee said.
Door-to-door deliveries of water, water filters, and testing kits began in early January.
The EPA has said that while its long-term revisions to the rule will not come this year, a spokeswoman also noted in a statement to CQ Roll Call that the agency is taking the Flint crisis into account in that process and potential short-term revisions.
“If what is happening in Flint had been happening in Grosse Point or Bloomfield Hills, it would have been solved yesterday”, said Clinton, referring to wealthy towns in the Detroit area.
A former state emergency manager in Flint has been subpoenaed to testify before a congressional committee regarding the Flint water crisis. Residents of the city are suing in state court over the contamination. He said the act would provide the city with federal resources that would be able to fix the infrastructure.
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Snyder said one reason he made the staff changes was because “I wasn’t getting the information that I should have”. The damaged pipes and fixtures started leaching lead into the drinking water.
