Governor signs $28 million in aid for Flint

Cummings and Lawrence asked for those documents, as well as others involving steps taken to inform the public of lead in the drinking water. John Cornyn of Texas, the No. 2 Senate Republican told reporters in the Capitol.

“Many questions still remain regarding the state’s ability to manage this crisis and only highlights the need for a continued and amplified federal role”, Ananich said in a statement.

The Democratic legislation would provide $400 million to help pay for the replacement of the contaminated pipes but requires the state do a dollar for dollar match, which would cover the cost of the project, according to preliminary estimates from the state. Water was provided until the summer, he said, and then returned in October after a public health emergency was declared.

NY businessman Donald Trump has said he didn’t know much about it and shouldn’t comment on the issue.

Matt Flechter, a recycling specialist with the state of MI, says residents are concerned about the impact of bottles on the environment.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi also pointed blame at the Republican governor.

Clinton warned there are other poverty-stricken urban communities like Flint where children are more likely to be exposed to harmful toxins.

“While the state must accept full responsibility, the federal government can leverage investments the state needs to make”.

Paul Haan of Healthy Homes Coalition of West Michigan, a group created to help ensure wellness in harmful housing conditions, said children are often the victims of cities’ mistakes.

The blunt comments could be a setback for Peters and Sen.

Neeley says this was going on as residents were told the water is safe. “I want the residents of Flint to know this supplemental funding is just one part of the solution for healing the city”.

“A lot of work is being done to even understand where the lead services lines fully are”, Snyder said, according to Fox News. “I’ll tell you what, if the kids in a rich suburb of Detroit had been drinking contaminated water and being bathed in it, there would have been action”.

Republicans promised amendments to block an administration plan to halt new coal leases on federal lands, for instance, while Democrats said they would push policies to address global warming. An official said the administration was “looking into these issues”. “There should be some indictments for what went on”. Residents also can use the bags for recycling if they don’t have a bin. You could smell it, taste it, and see it. People started showing up at public events with jugs of brown-colored water, right out of their taps. “There is not a terrorist organization on Earth that has yet to figure out how to poison 100,000 people every day for two years – and get away with it”, Moore said.

The city is now in the national spotlight after elevated blood levels were discovered in some Flint children after the city changed its water source from Lake Huron water purchased from the Detroit water system to the Flint River in April 2014, a decision made while the city was being run by a state-appointed emergency manager.