Latest: US House Democrats ask Snyder for Flint documents

[jpak]

Source: Washington Post


GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Latest on Flint’s water crisis and efforts to fix the problem of lead in the drinking water (all times local):

3:40 p.m.

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are asking Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder for documents related to the crisis over lead-tainted water in Flint, Michigan.

Reps. Elijah Cummings of Maryland and Brenda Lawrence of Michigan have complained that the committee’s Republican chairman, Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah, rejected their request for Snyder to testify at an Oversight hearing next week. Cummings is the panel’s senior Democrat, and Lawrence is the senior Democrat on an Interior subcommittee. The two lawmakers say officials must hear from everyone involved to understand how the crisis in Flint occurred and how a similar problem can be prevented.

Lawrence said, “the American people deserve a full accounting of this man-made disaster.”

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/energy-environment/the-latest-governor-didnt-know-state-workers-given-water/2016/01/29/fa05ed20-c699-11e5-b933-31c93021392a_story.html

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[Roland99]

1. Good!

[lark]

2. Repugs = nothing to see here, Snyder did nothing, it's all the little people who failed.

And they will fight every effort to actually bring out the truth to the bitter end. So disgusting, too bad none of their children lived there, they'd have a totally different attitude.

[Chasstev365]

3. This Should be Big, but

the Snyder administration will stonewall, delete emails, and do everything else to cover up that they knew dam well the water was contaminated. The Republican/Faux News response to a REAL crime? But, what about Bengazi?

[Molusko]

4. Crises like these only happen when Republicans are in charge

See Katrina and Flint.