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 of water to take a shower and i cant even imagine my family having to go through that here in the United States of america. I wa
Discussions to address those in terms of the resources we had currently available to us. In terms of going back to your list, the color and odor of this water was not good. You dont want to see people drink that if you can help that. But we didnt have all the resources then. They were working on these issues. In terms of e. Coli, in terms of other issue, we would continually go through mr. Snyder my administration, and ask the experts another article. Yes. The National Journal which i hold up here. Yes. It says michigan Governor Snyder conceded monday that his administration handling of the flint water crisis is a stain on his legacy, and i quote, im not sure of the specific dates in terms of saying there is any lead in the water sometime during 2015. Again, they presented some of the information about having to do with a second set of tests. Governor snyder, we all know that when we are elected to an office, we take an oath. And we are empowered by the electorate to hire staff. Do you
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