Flint baking headlines because of the water problems. It is a crisis on top of a crisis. Just like the flint water crisis, this pandemic has both a health and Economic Impact. Ofthe case of my hometown flint, dealing with the water issues and health issues, impacting children, but also the Economic Impact of that, layered on top is the coronavirus issue. As you know, i am sure, coronavirus seems to have disproportionate impact on communities of color, a majority minority community. In michigan, 14 of the population is africanamerican. 32 of coronavirus cases are. 41 percent of deaths are occurring in the africanamerican community. It is a crisis on top of a crisis. That is why so much of the intervention we have been focusing on in washington and at our state level is really important for a place like flint, saginaw, to move forward. Host lets focus for a moment on the water situation. What is the status of that today . Guest the Water Quality is improving for sure. The lead service li
This webinar will have a straightforward format after my introduction he will offer 10 minutes or so of remarks, then i will have questions for the senator and we will have a discussion about the economic challenges facing our nation and what congress should do to address them. We will take a couple of questions at the end. Thank you for joining us. If you have a question for senator rubio, submit it by email. Econtalk on aei twitter. Those are listed on the events web page. I am honored to be joined by senator rubio, thank you for being here. Senator marco rubio is the senator from florida, served in local state government, including as speaker of the Florida House before being elected to the senate in 2010 and reelected in 2016. He serves on the Senate Committee of appropriations, the Foreign Relations committee, the special committee on aging as acting chair of the select committee on intelligence, and most important to our discussion is chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Bus