Serious about passing another covid relief bill that matches the urgency of this moment. First, the majority wanted to take a pause. Then he sat on the housepassed heroes act for months. Then . July he introduced a series of inadequate piecemeal bills that went absolutely nowhere. And now the majority leader and Senate Republicans show their priorities yet again by rushing to confirm five more trump judges and offering an anemic, weak covid bill aimed at appeasing the most conservative members of their caucus. And we just voted on that bill. So while Senate Republicans have been waiting for a good dough on the next covid bill, Senate Democrats have been listening to our constituents and have a sense of urgency. Weve had the sense of urgency for well, the four months that weve been waiting for us to deal with the heroes act. So weve been waiting for over four months, as i mentioned, for the majority leader to stop taking a pause. American workers and families couldnt afford a pause for
Toxic water crisis. And the calling for heads to roll, nbcs stephanie gausk reports. Reporter with the children of flint still unable to drink the water. On the hill. If you want to do the curages thing, then you two should resign. People who put dollars over the fundamental safety of the people do not belong in government and you need to resign too, governor snyder. The head of the epa and governor of michigan were hammered over the led in flints waiter. You need to take responsibility because you screwed up and messed up 100,000 peoples lives. Reporter every resident in flint was exposed to Dangerous Levels of led while officials insisted it was safe. But the democrat from pennsylvania hit back hard. You not in a medically induced coma for a year. And ive had about enough of your false contrigz and your phoney apologies. Epa head mccarthy. I wish we had yelled from the tree tops but there is no way my agency created this problem. Reporter more than 150 residents from flint bused in o