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Oversight To Hold Additional Hearing On Flint, MI Water Crisis

Statement

Date: Feb. 12, 2016
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Infrastructure Federal, State and Local Relations

Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) released the following statement upon announcing a second Committee hearing examining the Flint, MI water crisis.

"We are committed to investigating the failures in Flint. We appreciate Governor Snyder's willingness to appear before the Committee and look forward to hearing from EPA Administrator McCarthy as well. Their perspectives on this issue are important as we seek to ensure a crisis of this magnitude never occurs in another American city. The diverse and insightful panel of witnesses assembled will shed light on many of our remaining questions and help us propose reforms to the authorizing committees."

The Committee held a hearing earlier this month hearing from EPA and local government officials, and Flint resident LeeAnne Walters. The hearing found that, among other issues, failures occurred at every level of government.


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