By Jonathan Oosting
The top Democrat (click here) on the House Oversight Committee says he has “a whole new set of concerns” about Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s (R) responses to Congress on the Flint water crisis.
The Democrat (click here) set to take control of the U.S. House Oversight Committee next year is renewing his call for Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s administration to hand over any additional documents related to the Flint water contamination crisis by Jan. 11.
“I intend to continue this investigation in the next Congress,” U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland, said in a Wednesday letter to Snyder.
Snyder testified before the Republican-controlled House committee in March of 2016, when Cummings and other Democrats called on him to resign. With Democrats winning control of the House in November, Cummings will become chairman of the committee and said last month he is likely to bring Snyder back before Congress.
“I’m not done with Flint,” Cummings told The Detroit News in late November.
In his Wednesday letter to Snyder, Cummings asked Snyder to “fully comply” with a previous bipartisan committee request for documents related to the Flint water crisis, as outlined in a February 2016 letter....
I am sure Flint is counting on Rep. Cummings to finish the investigation. The truth is more important than ever as the USA enters into an understanding with Democrats to right the ship and correct it's course.
Elon Musk on the other had has invested a great deal of money into the health and education of the children of Flint. Perhaps he is interested in bringing about a successful life for each of the affected children. That is not as unrealistic as it seems;
New tests (2005) confirm that Ludwig van Beethoven (click here) suffered from lead poisoning. The legendary composer, who experienced decades of illness that left him in misery for most of his life, died in 1827. Researchers aren't sure why his lead levels were so high, but they have some ideas....
So, if Elon Musk just might have plans to bring Flint children in as employees sometime in the future. Congratulations to Flint having a champion in Elon Musk to turn their circumstances around.
By Fiona Kelliher
Elon Musk, (click here) CEO of Tesla and SpaceX speaks to the competitors during the 2018 Hyperloop pod competition at SpaceX in Hawthorne on Sunday, July 22, 2018.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk (click here) will reportedly provide $423,000 to pay for laptops for all seventh- and eighth-graders in the Flint Community Schools district.
The Elon Musk Foundation donation was announced at last night's school board meeting, according to MLive. Funds will provide Chromebooks for the middle school students, who will be allowed to take them home as an "instructional tool," said superintendent Derrick Lopez.
Seventh- and eighth-grade students will move into the former Flint Northern High School building in 2019 as the district restructures. The C.S. Mott Foundation also put forth $300,000 to help revamp the curriculum.
Musk has a history of highlighting Flint in tweets, and more recently, pledging to help the city. In October, Musk said he would pay for water stations and filtration systems throughout the entire district.
The district serves more than 4,500 students K-12....
