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- Third hearing on the Flint water crisis held before the U.S. House Oversight and Governmental Reform Committee. Testimony is heard from Gina McCarthy, of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Michigan Governor Rick Snyder. Snyder acknowledges failures by Michigan government says that the emergency financial manager system failed in Flint, but blames the EPA and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) for covering up the crisis. McCarthy says that no one at the EPA did anything wrong and that they of the EPA staff involved did what they could to prevent and later solve the crisis. McCarthy also blames Flint's emergency manager for switching the water source and the State of Michigan for not requiring the use of corrosion control chemicals. Committee members challenge both McCarthy's and Snyder's testimony and several members call on both Snyder and McCarthy to resign.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-03-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- The second hearing and testimony on the Flint Water Crisis before the U.S. House Oversight and Governmental Reform Committee. Features testimony from Susan Hedman, former Region 5 Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Darnell Earley, former Emergency Financial Manager of the city of Flint, MI, Dayne Walling, former Flint Mayor and Marc Edwards, professor of Environmental and Water Engineering at Virginia Tech University. Hedman tells committee members that the lead contamination should have never happened and that the EPA had nothing to do with the corrosive water. Earley asserts that he did not make any decision to switch water sources and blames his predecessor. Walling says that he regrets assuring Flint's citizens that the water was safe to drink but claims that the crisis wasn't his fault because he did not have authority to make budget decisions. Edwards says that the EPA had everything to do with the water being poisoned and alleges that the agency falsified scientific reports to cover up the crisis.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-03-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- The second hearing and testimony on the Flint Water Crisis before the U.S. House Oversight and Governmental Reform Committee. Features testimony from Susan Hedman, former Region 5 Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Darnell Earley, former Emergency Financial Manager of the city of Flint, MI, Dayne Walling, former Flint Mayor and Marc Edwards, professor of Environmental and Water Engineering at Virginia Tech University. Hedman tells committee members that the lead contamination should have never happened and that the EPA had nothing to do with the corrosive water. Earley asserts that he did not make any decision to switch water sources and blames his predecessor. Walling says that he regrets assuring Flint's citizens that the water was safe to drink but claims that the crisis wasn't his fault because he did not have authority to make budget decisions. Edwards says that the EPA had everything to do with the water being poisoned and alleges that the agency falsified scientific reports to cover up the crisis.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-03-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Third hearing on the Flint water crisis held before the U.S. House Oversight and Governmental Reform Committee. Testimony is heard from Gina McCarthy, of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Michigan Governor Rick Snyder. Snyder acknowledges failures by Michigan government says that the emergency financial manager system failed in Flint, but blames the EPA and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) for covering up the crisis. McCarthy says that no one at the EPA did anything wrong and that they of the EPA staff involved did what they could to prevent and later solve the crisis. McCarthy also blames Flint's emergency manager for switching the water source and the State of Michigan for not requiring the use of corrosion control chemicals. Committee members challenge both McCarthy's and Snyder's testimony and several members call on both Snyder and McCarthy to resign.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-03-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection