February 7, 2016
By Roberto Acosta
By Roberto Acosta
Flint, MI -- Hillary Clinton (click here) on Sunday called on Congress to set aside partisan politics and move forward on a $600 million bill to bring some relief to the Flint water crisis.
"Congress needs to pass that bill immediately," she said to a capacity crowd at the House of Prayer Missionary Baptist Church, where Clinton was joined by Flint Mayor Karen Weaver following a sermon by Pastor Kenneth Stewart. "This is no times for politics as usual. Flint should be able to start making the repair you need to restore safe water as soon as possible."
The amendment by Senate Democrats would largely go towards repairs to the city's infrastructure, with the corrosion of lead lines largely targeted as the source of the potentially toxic substance leeching into the water at homes across the city.
Some Flint homes are still showing high lead levels. The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday, Feb. 4 the result of two of 26 homes showing more than 10 times the acceptable level of 15 parts per billion set as the acceptable federal standard continued to show above 150 ppb....
