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By Sheila Brehm 27 July 2018 Several members of the Democratic Party's Congressional delegation dropped in on Flint, Michigan last week for a photo-op where city residents still suffer from a health crisis four years after the lead poisoning of their water supply. The July 20 event included Nancy Pelosi, the minority leader in the US House of Representatives, and her colleagues Dan Kildee and Debbie Dingell , Jim McGovern , and Sheila Jackson Lee .
In this pMarch 21, 2016, file photo, the Flint Water Plant water tower is seen in Flint, Mich. A federal watchdog is calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen its oversight of state drinking water systems in the wake of the lead crisis in Flint, Michigan.
The city of Flint officially is receiving a $30 million federal grant to pay for replacement of the Atherton East public housing complex and other improvements. Congressman Dan Kildee, a Democrat from Flint, and Michigan's two U.S. Senators announced the city's selection for a Choice Neighborhoods Implementation grant on Friday.
Actor Terry Crews told of his response to being sexually assaulted as he gave evidence before the US Senate Judiciary Committee. The 49-year-old actor last year claimed he was sexually assaulted by a Hollywood agent while at a party with his wife in 2016.
San Juana "Juani" Olivares quit her job in August 2015 when she discovered Hispanic, Latino and Mexican families were unaware of the Flint water crisis. Olivares was one of three panelists who shared her story with nearly 50 people in a discussion called the "Flint Water Crisis: Invisible Immigrants" which focused on how immigrant Flint residents were affected during the water crisis on Wednesday evening, May 17, at the Flint Public Library.
The Environmental Protection Agency is considering an update to a decades-old regulation that would help prevent lead from leaching into drinking water. EPA Chief Scott Pruitt invited a slew of groups representing states to discuss possible provisions next year to the so-called Lead and Copper Rule.
When high levels of lead were discovered in the public water system in Flint, Mich., in 2015, Medicaid stepped in to help thousands of children get tested for poisoning and receive care. When disabled children need to get to doctors' appointments - either across town or hundreds of miles away - Medicaid pays for their transportation.
In this Feb. 10, 2016, file photo, pediatrician Mona Hanna-Attisha testifies about lead contamination of the Flint, Mich., water supply during a hearing of the U.S. House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Pittsburgh-based Heinz Family Foundation announced five individuals Thursday, Sept.
Jeff Neville was stabbed during a press conference Friday, June 23, 2017, at the Merliss Brown Auditorium... . Hurley Trauma Surgeon, Dr. Donald Scholten, M.D. and Hurley Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Chief, Dr. Leo Mercer answer questions from the media during a press conference Friday June 23, 2017, a... .
Tests so far have found that at ... . A view of part of the Burnham residential tower on the Chalcots Estate showing the bottom section of the building after cladding was removed, in the borough of Camden, north London, Thursday, June 22, 2017.
A traveler walks her bags up the roadway as a police officer guides traffic flow after Bishop International Airport reopens in Flint, Mich., Wednesday, June 21, 2017, after a police officer was stabbed at the airport. A Canadian man shouted in Arabic before stabbing a police officer in the neck at the airport on Wednesday, and referenced people being killed overseas during the attack that's now being investigated as an act of terrorism, federal officials said.
A Canadian man from Tunisia shouted in Arabic before stabbing a police officer in the neck at a Michigan airport, and referenced people being killed overseas during the attack that's now being investigated as an act of terrorism, federal and court officials said.
A Canadian man from Tunisia shouted in Arabic before stabbing a police officer in the neck at a Michigan airport, and referenced people being killed overseas during the attack that's now being investigated as an act of terrorism, federal and court officials said. Amor Ftouhi, 49, of Montreal, was immediately taken into custody.
U.S. law enforcement authorities say a man allegedly involved in the stabbing of a police officer at a Michigan airport is a Canadian resident. FBI special investigator David Gelios says Ftoui entered the U.S on June 16 and arrived at the Bishop International Airport in Flint, Mich., Wednesday morning.
FLINT, Mich. - It's been nearly a year since Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder declared a state of emergency in Flint, Michigan, where a man-made public health crisis embroiled his administration in scrutiny and led to criminal charges against a number of public officials.
President Obama signed a $10 billion water infrastructure bill Friday that provides $170 million to the city of Flint, Mich., and other communities suffering from lead-contaminated drinking water. "That help for Flint is a priority of this administration," President Obama said.
In some of its last votes of the year, the U.S. Senate finally approved legislation that will be worth more than $120 million to Flint, Mich., and its effort to respond to an ongoing public health crisis linked to high lead levels in its tap water. In a series of votes late Friday night and early this morning, the Senate passed a so-called continuing resolution to fund government through April 28 of next year and national water infrastructure legislation, two bills that together included provisions to authorize and pay for long-sought funding for Flint and provide $170 million or more to help address concerns of lead in drinking water.
The House is advancing hard-fought legislation to help Flint, Michigan, fix its lead-tainted water system and speed next year's confirmation for retired Gen. James Mattis as President-elect Donald Trump 's defense secretary.
A bipartisan bill to speed government drug approvals and bolster biomedical ... WASHINGTON - Congress is quickening its pace toward adjourning late this week, marching toward a final vote on legislation boosting medical research and speeding drug approvals and readying a separate stopgap spending bill to prevent the government from shutting down this weekend. The temporary budget bill, scheduled to be unveiled Tuesday, would keep federal agencies functioning into next spring, giving the new Congress and the incoming Trump administration time to approve more than $1 trillion to fund federal agencies through the Sept.