U.S. House Oversight and Governmental Reform Committee holds its second hearing on the Flint water crisis

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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

Place:

Michigan and Flint

Subject Topic:

Water-supply and Lead content

Subject Name:

United States and Environmental Protection Agency

Language:

English

Rights:

No Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5n29p79p