Congress urges resignations of Michigan governor, EPA chief over Flint

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Congress urges resignations of Michigan governor, EPA chief over Flint
Reuters
By Valerie Volcovici
1 hour ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on Thursday called for the resignations of Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy on the grounds that they failed to quickly intervene in the city of Flint's contaminated drinking water crisis.

Snyder, a Republican, and McCarthy, a presidential appointee, sat side by side before the House Oversight Committee as lawmakers from both parties grilled them on their response to the crisis, which has turned into a full-blown health emergency. It also has led to several lawsuits in state and federal courts, and federal and state investigations.

Republicans on the committee pinned much of the blame on the EPA, which many party members want to eliminate because they feel it is too powerful. Democrats pointed fingers at Snyder and Michigan officials, suggesting that cost cutting came at the expense of public health.

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The committee's top Democrat, Maryland's Elijah Cummings, and other Democrats said Snyder's administration was to blame for its mishandling of the crisis and called on the governor to resign.

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[The Blue Flower]

1. GOP wants to eliminate EPA because it's "too powerful"

I thought it the height of hypocrisy that they kept hammering Ms. McCarthy for the EPA being so weak that they allowed the MI environmental agency to let the poisoning continue. Can't have it both ways.

[glinda]

2. That is exactly what they want to do. He should be in prison.

[FailureToCommunicate]

3. Wow. Could they be so desperate to get rid of McCarty that they would throw

Governor Snyder under the bus?

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Kind of confusing. The GOP thinks the EPA failed to protect Flint, yet they want to eliminate the

whole agency so and the clean water regulations.