Committee on oversight and government reform will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. We have the third in a series of hearings that were doing, examining the federal administration of the Safe Drinking Water act dealing with the crisis in flint, michigan. Appreciate the witnesses here today. I also appreciate the strong Public Participation and interest in this hearing. I would remind those that are participating that this is a congressional hearing. We would appreciate your proper, the proper decorum in this room. There are to be no shows of expression, positive or negative, and we would appreciate your help in that way. Let me make just a few observations, and then well turn it over to the Ranking Member and get right to the questioning here. There are people still today in flint, michigan, who are waking up this morning, they cant drink the water and they cant take a shower. Theyre using a bottle of water to drink and a bottle o
That they want or to flint to implement Corrosion Control as soon as possible. In the interim, we issued a statement. I think he would not agree with that, what is your position . She did nothing to protect flints children. Nothing. The article also quoted the Senate Minority leader flint who memoanyone who read his and sales to act should be held accountable for the full is the status of the law to the fullest extent of the law. That is the minority leader of michigan legislator. Is he wrong . The memo contained the same recommendation that i have been receiving from others in epa who had followed through starting on june 10, before the memo. Hise was disciplined for memo. He was disciplined for standing up. He was not. He was not. With that disagreement, i yelled back. Did you make you go through ethics training . No. You really believe that . Did you limit his travel . No. No discipline whatsoever . Nondurable whatsoever none, whatsoever. To be clear, i recommended him for epas high
Rep. Chaffetz the committee will come to order. I can declare recess at any time. We have the third in a series of hearings we are doing, examining the federal administrations save Drinking Water act, dealing with the crisis in flint, michigan. I appreciate the witnesses here today. I appreciate the strong Public Participation and interest in hearing. I would remind those participating this is a congressional hearing. Properd appreciate your decorum in this room. There are to be no shows of expression about positive expression, positive or negative. We appreciate your help in that way. Really make a few observations, then turn it over to the Ranking Member. There are people still today in flint, michigan who are waking up this morning, they cannot drink the water. And they cant take a shower. They are using a bottle of water to drink and take a shower. I cant even imagine my family having to go through that in the u. S. With able to visit flint number of members this past saturday. Thi
Clothing, and also those who may be off work now because of the disaster. So we dont have a budget. Were not moving along to ensure that fema that has seen a lot of disasters over the last two years has the necessary funding to to to to do their job. That is a broken moral compass. It also reflects the constitution because we are old and owed an equal treatment under the law and due process under the fifth amendment. Theres no due process, when i hear that one area is under water and were not able to get help. Let me also say that as i watch a broken moral system, i also look at the predicament that we will be in with the zika virus. My colleague, mr. Jeffries, mentioned the open yoid crisis and the the Opioid Crisis and the water crisis in flint and around the nation and the hard work done by members in michigan and mr. Kildee. They need a budget to be able to fund the crisis, or to help repair the crisis, restoretive dollars that a budget does to give a road map to the appropriators.
We cant see the sideline. Got to get it inbounds. Five second call against Florida State. Dwayne bacon couldnt pull the trigger. That is tough. You are two feet from your bench. You have to get the ball inbounds. You have a timeout to spare. Right. So this is a double whammy for the seminoles, now they must move their feet and foul. And hope that the panthers miss fro throws free throws. Boris bojanovsky is going to foul out of the ball game with 22. 8 left. Under normal circumstances you would say, wrong guy to foul, maybe not so today. Not so today but Michael Young is a bigtime player. He is a guy who has shown he steps up in the big moment. He needs to step up and knock down free throws that could extend the lead for the panthers. He is 1 for 1 so far. Five of ten was young. Three, 4point game with 22. 8 left. Jamie dixon is standing telling his team do not foul. You understand seminoles are going to attack the baskets but last thing you want to do is foul and give up the free poin