chaffetz: and it failed. you said, if there is any, anything i could do, you had that under the law, and you did not do it. gina mccarthy: no, sir i did not have that under the law. rep. chaffetz: you did. if there is imminent threat, you can pull this wet. you are wrong. gina mccarthy: there are two parts to that. you skipped the second. rep. chaffetz: you need to -- ,ep. chaffetz: you are in those i am asking the question. instead of, ok. when you first arrived on the scene, and it was not until jamie very of the next year that you actually did something. that is the fundamental problem. don't look around like you are mystified. mikell dealt oro showed up in -- miguel del toro showed up in february. gina mccarthy: we took action from that point forward. rep. chaffetz: there are a lot of people in this audience from flint. no one believes that you took action. mark edwards from virginia tech, , had the heart opportunity. they have said things like we failed to get epa to take lead blood level seriously. can

chaffetz: without objection. rep. cartwright: january 18, 2015, last paragraph on the second page, it's directed to you specifically. he says "there is nothing more important in flint right now than fixing the water problems." do you see that? do you admit getting that letter? gov. snyder: yes. rep. cartwright: the mayor asked you repeatedly to come to flint. you admit you did not show up for more than seven months after he asked you. gov. snyder: i am not familiar, i would have to check my schedule. rep. cartwright: that is what he says. gov. snyder: i don't know if that is correct or not. rep. cartwright: do you admit to seeing headline after headline about problems, hair loss, rashes, e. coli, bacteria and sewage, legionnaires disease? did you read any of those stories? gov. snyder: covers meant, i --congressman, i read a number of those stories. we have to follow-up them and continue to get information from career bureaucrats that the water was safe. rep. cartwright: do you admit more cases of legionnaires disease

chaffetz: and it failed. you said, if there is any, anything i could do, you had that under the law, and you did not do it. gina mccarthy: no, sir i did not have that under the law. rep. chaffetz: you did. if there is imminent threat, you can pull this wet. you are wrong. gina mccarthy: there are two parts to that. you skipped the second. rep. chaffetz: you are in those, i am asking the question. instead of, ok. when you first arrived on the scene, and it was not until january of the next year that you actually did something. that is the fundamental problem. don't look around like you are mystified. miguel del toro showed up in february. gina mccarthy: we took action from that point forward. rep. chaffetz: there are a lot of people in this audience from flint. no one believes that you took action. mark edwards from virginia tech, bless his heart, had the opportunity. they have said things like we failed to get epa to take lead blood level seriously. the epa added, effectively condoned cheating on the lead cop

chaffetz: the gentlewoman -- [speaking simultaneously] rep. chaffetz: the gentlewoman will suspend. we now recognize the gentleman from north carolina, mr. meadows, for five minutes. >> to both of you, i am troubled today because of the testimony had a couple of days ago which will indicate that even though there is enough blame to go around, there were a number of times people acted like it was not their fault. governor, your emergency from thet testimony witness year, is troubling because he acted like, i did not know, and so -- governor, do you believe there were people who made mistakes within your agency at multiple levels in terms of addressing the health and welfare of the people of flint? governor snyder: yes. >> administrator mccarthy, i am going to ask you the same question, because the witness that resigned indicated that there was nothing they could have done differently, and the --t note fault on her part there was no fault on her part or the epa that related to this unbelievable, horrific event. you believe the epa is partially at fault? gina mccarthy: i believe we cou

in 2014 chaffetz spent 121 thousand dollars from the fund. some went to colleagues, a lot to the republican party, some to travel and fundraising costs. the two biggest donors...nu skin and essential oils seller doterra. rep. jason chaffetz, utah: "doterra, is a special organization. utah's big mlms have been generous to the republican and democratic parties. congresswoman mia love endorses doterra wholeheartedly. rep. mia love, utah: everyone in my family loves the oils." doterra, nuskin, and and to their network of distributors is a quality product. an important point because the vast majority of those distributors do not make money. for example. usana's 2014 numbers show they had 61,400 members in the u.s. they call them associates. close to two-thirds made no sales commission. about 80 associates made six figures. that's just over one in a thousand, or point one three percent. put it another way...if you have a kid playing high school baseball, he has twice the odds to make it to the pros as he does making six figures with usana. mila zen

a utah congressman jason chaffetz asked her whether anyone had done anything wrong at the agency. >> did anyone at the epa do anything wrong? >> are you asking me the question if i could do this all over again -- >> you were in charge. did anyone at the epa do anything wrong? >> i don't think anyone at the epa did anything wrong, but i do believe we could have done more. >> wow. carterorgia republican said, "there is a special place in hell for actions like this." also testifying were the former emergency manager darnell early and the former mayor dayne walling. governor rick snyder will appear before the same committee. to see our special report, go to democracynow.org. police in detroit fired tear gas

chaffetz: how would you define metadata?comey: i was just going to say that.etadata, as i understand it, is records of time of contact, numbers assigned to the caller or texture. but content. you cannot see what i said but you can see that i texted to you in erie. with texts in particular, that's tricky, particularly texting using imessage. there's limitations to our ability to see the metadata around that. again, i am not an expert. that is my understanding. rep. chaffetz: and do you believe that geolocation, if you're tracking somebody's actual -- where they are, is that content, or is that metadata? dir. comey: my understanding is it depends upon whether you're talking historical or real-time, when it comes to geolocation data. but it can very much implicate the warrant requirement and does in the fbi work a lot. rep. chaffetz: so that's what we're trying to -- what i -- what's -- what's frustrating to me, being on judiciary, being the chairman of the oversight committee, there is nobody on this panel in the representative of the people have been able to se

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the chairman chaffetz and ranking member cummings sent a letter in january for you to testify at that time, but you refused to come. when you were giving the quote to the governor's office for the press release, the day before the hearing took place, did you have a conversation with the governor or with those individuals in his office about testifying before this committee? >> no. my conversations regarding the letter that you refer to took place before that. they were only drafted on the first of february because we had pretty much done all in detroit public schools as an emergency manager that i would be able to do. >> so you discussed with him around february 1st your resignation on february 2nd and what the quote was going to be, but you knew that you had a pending request to testify before this committee at that time, isn't that correct? >> the exact -- >> isn't that -- did you know that you had to testify? that there was a request for you to testify on february 3rd when you were having discussions with the governor and his staff about your resignation on february 1st or 2nd? >>

republican congressman jason chaffetz of utah is joining us. also a supporter of senator marco rubio. congressman, thanks very much for joining us. so far he's won one state, minnesota. do you realistically believe he has a path to capturing the republican presidential nomination? >> i do. i really do. rather than just counting the number of states, this election is a little different. so many of these states are proportional. even though you may come in second in some states you're still going to gather delegates. that's different than the winner take all. even donald trump said he wished it was winner take all. he'd be further ahead. i'm optimistic. >> he did have a great night last night. only won one state so far, minnesota. he's got to win the march 15th contest in florida, his home state. but you saw the polls. polls show he's about 20 points behind donald trump in florida right now. if he doesn't win florida, it's over for him. i assume you agree? >> i think he has to win florida. he's got a machine there. he's from florida. it's expecte

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joining us now, congressman jason chaffetz.committee and will be at the hearing today. i'm exhausted already, congressman, from an earlier discussion we had. because to stand up for what's right and what's good is exhausting, a lot of times. and it takes a lot out of me. but here you have a company that's literally has spent probably years developing something that's proprietary, this encryption technology, which serves a purpose, and you know, we need to keep this, as we go into the future, encryption is going to be very important. and we see what happens. with either foreign entities or whatever gets ahold of data. so it's got to be done. and every time you try to weaken it, you just better hope it's not a slippery slope. is that what you are on this, or are you somewhere else? >> no, i really am. i think if we put two phones in front of you and said, one's encrypted and one's not, which one are you going to pick? of course you're going to pick the one that's encrypted. that's the one i want to have, that's the one i want for

much more this hour with our guests, including republican congressman jason chaffetz, correspondentsert analysts are also standing by. let's begin with the republican race for the white house and a new political landscape tonight after the latest primaries. cnn's phil mattingly has all the late breaking developments. it's down to three republican candidates tonight. >> reporter: three republican candidates, wolf. all three believe they are the man that the party should rally behind. but only one front-runner. and that front-runner is setting the terms for debates and a warning for what could happen next if republican leaders push a contested convention. tonight donald trump is calling for the republican party to coalesce behind him, even as his path to the nomination remains complicated. >> the fact is we have to bring our party together. we have to bring it together. we have something happening that actually makes the republican party probably the biggest political story anywhere in the world. >> reporter: the gop front-runner urbing a stark warning if he keeps his sizable delegate

. >> reporter: that wasn't good enough for republican chairman jason chaffetz. >> you need to take some responsibility because you screwed up and you messed up 100,000 people's lives. >> reporter: 72 children have tested positive for elevated lead since october. it's an improvement over last year. but flint residents are still angry. >> snyder got to go! >> reporter: they came to the capitol by the bus load. melissa mays had a ringside seat. she said she was frustrated by the finger pointing but is glad somebody is listening. >> for the longsest time we were told we didn't matter, what was happening to us didn't dnot matter. we're seeing support from across the country and i think it's going to give us more energy to keep the fight going. >> reporter: today, democratic congressmen called on the governor to resign and republican congressmen called on the e.p.a. chief to resign. congress itself may be slowing down flint's recovery. been introduced for cities with water problems but it's stalled. >> pelley: more tauxe than action. adriana diaz on capitol hill. adriana, thank you. donald tr

planning on taking out their bill, or pushing your bill, or represented chipsets -- representative chaffetz's bill? rep. goodlatte: we are interested in any senators pursuing this bill. we think this should be addressed, both from the perspective of the state needing and being entitled to revenue from online sales, but also from the standpoint of fairness among various types of retailers. brick-and-mortar retailers always had a physical presence in whatever state they are doing business and, and they have to collect sales tax. if the customer goes out-of-state online to a business elsewhere, they may or may not have to collect sales tax. thatding on whether or not business has a nexus with whatever state the sale is taking place in. we think it should be addressed. we set for quite a long time ago several principles available on the house judiciary committee website that we think any legislation should have to meet. we don't feel that the senate legislation, and this is not new, they have been working on this. they passed a bill in the last congress, and there have been attempts to try to tie

taking up their bill or you are still pushing their bill or you are a third party like representative chaffetz bill you're looking at? >> guest: we will not be taken up the senate bill. we are interested in working with any senators who wish to help us address this issue because again this is an issue where we think it should be addressed both from the standpoint of states needing and being entitled to the revenue that comes from on line sales but also from the standpoint of fairness amongst various types of retailers, brick-and-mortar retailers always have a physical presence whatever state they are doing business in and they have to collect the sales tax. if the customer goes out of the state of mind to business elsewhere they may or may not ve to collect the sales tax and whether that business is a nexus with my state of virginia or whatever state the sail is taking place in. we think it should be addressed. we set forth quite a long time ago several principles which are available on the house judiciary committee's web site that we think any legislation to should have to meet and we don't f

jason chaffetz/(r) utah) "you had the authority, you had the backing of the federal government and you did not act."(gina mccarthy/epa itself was the responsibility of the state's - oversight was our responsibility."(paul gosar/(r) arizona) "you still don't get it. you have bread a of fraud."(gina mccarthy/epa administrator) "sir i'm not trying to shift responsibility."(paul gosar/(r) arizona) "yes you have! this whole hearing that's all you've done!"but for all the finger-pointing on capitol hill, residents of flint, michigan more concerned with fixing the problem than casting blamei'm reid binion, reporting it was a deadly mistake -- killing dozens of afghanistan civilians.but today... u-s military personnel will *not* face charges for that airstrike. airstrike.you'll remember the aftermath of that bombing at a "doctors without borders" hospital this past october. more than a dozen military members have been given administrative punishments -- that experts say could be career-ending for some of them. 42 civilians died in that attack. severe storms have been moving through part of the

you heard chairman chaffetz saying the earliest they'll come back is 10:45, 15 minutes from now. we'll open up the lines and hear from you on the phone, also on facebook and twitter, facebook.com/c-span. you can send us a tweet. 202-748-8920 for democrats, 202-748-8921 for republicans. for everyone else 202-748-8922. the committee's been in session for about an hour and a half, hearing from the republican governor of michigan, rick snyder, and the administrator of the environmental protection agency, gina mccarthy. this is, again, the third in three hearings that the oversight committee has held, the second this week. and all of those previous hearings, by the way, are available on our website at c-span.org. we will take you back live to the hearing room when they gavel back in. there's a vote on the house floor on a bill, a resolution the house is proposing today that will give the ability for the house to file an amicus brief, a friend of the court brief in the supreme court in a case involving the president's executive actions on immigration. so, let's get the calls and hear w

incomplete, and absolutely incorrect >> reporter: that wasn't good enough for republican chairman jason chaffetz. >> you need to take some responsibility because you screwed up and you messed up 100,000 people's lives. >> reporter: 72 children have tested positive for elevated lead since october. it's an improvement over last year. but flint residents are still angry. >> snyder got to go! >> reporter: they came to the capitol by the bus load. melissa mays had a ringside seat. she said she was frustrated by the finger pointing, but is glad somebody is listening. >> for the longest time we were told we didn't matter, what was happening to us did not matter. we're seeing support from across the country and i think it's going to give us more energy to keep the fight going. >> reporter: today, democratic congressmen called on the governor to resign and republican congressmen called on the epa chief to resign. congress itself may be slowing down flint's recovery. a $250 million funding bill has been introduced for cities with water problems but it's stalled. adriana diaz on capitol hill. adriana, than

a utah congressman jason chaffetz asked her whether anyone had done anything wrong at the agency. >> anyone at the epa do anything wrong? >> are you asking me the question if i could do this all over again -- >> you were in charge. did anyone at the epa do anything wrong? >> i don't think anyone at the epa did anything wrong, but i do believe we could have done more. >> wow. carterorgia republican said, "there is a special place in hell for actions like this." also testifying were the former emergency manager darnell early and the former mayor dayne walling. governor rick snyder will appear before the same committee. to see our special report, go to democracynow.org. police in detroit fired tear gas on students at the central collegiate academy, sickening a number of people, and arresting more than a dozen students. police responded after fights broke out during a false fire alarm at the school. reporters said they saw some students bent over coughing uncontrollably. in puerto rico, thousands of college students from the university of puerto rico in rio piedras have approved a three-

. >> reporter: republican committee chairman jason chaffetz laid blame mostly with the environmental protection agency and its boss, gina mccarthy. >> i am asking the questions. yes, ok. in february was when you first arrived on the scene and it wasn't until january of next year that you actually you did something. that's the fundamental problem. don't look around like you're mystified. that's what happened. you didn't take action. you didn't. you could have pulled that switch. >> we consistently took action from that point forward. consistently. >> there are a lot of people in this audience from flint. nobody believes you took action. you had the presence, you had the authority, you had the backing of the federal government, and you did not act when you had the chance and if you're going to do the courageous thing, you too should step down. >> reporter: mccarthy maintained she did everything within her legal authority to respond. >> we just couldn't get a straight answer anywhere. people don't deserve that out of their government. i will take responsibility for not pushing hard enou

jason chaffetz: you need to take some responsibility because you screwed up. and you messed up 100,000 people' s lives. gina mccarthy: there is no way that my agency created this problem. sally: an oversight hearing on the flint water crisis devolved into a finger pointing match. elijah cummings: governor snyder' s administration caused this horrific disaster and poisoned the children of flint. sally: michigan' s governor pointed blame at the epa. rick snyder: unaccountable bureaucrats at the epa allow this disaster to continue unnecessarily. sally: the epa pointed back at governor snyder. gina mccarthy: we begged to provide them technical assistance beginning in march. we begged them beginning in april to do corrosion control. sally: flint switched its water source in a cost-saving move. in 2014, the state discovered dangerous levels of lead in the water supply. governor snyder says he didn' t become aware of it until a year later. rick snyder: i' questions could i have asked, ve done. matt cartwright: plausible s plausible. m asking you s any problem in the

this is an exchange between congressman jason chaffetz, a utah republican and chair of the oversightrm committee, and epa head gina mccarthy. >> february is when you arrived and it wasn't until january of the next year you actually did something. that is the fundamental problem. don't look around like you're mystified. d that is what happened. up in february. you did not take action and you could have pulled that switch. >> we consistently took action from that point forward. >> there are a lot of people in this audience from flint. nobody believes you took action. mark edwards from virginia tech, bless his heart, just listen for a second. he had the opportunity, they said things like, we failed to get epa to take led to water risk there is leave. epas possible because the has effectively condoned cheating on the lead and copper rule monitoring since 20 -- 2006. he read your op-ed that was one of the most offensive things i can possibly imagine. and he says about you, "gina mccarthy effectively absolved epa of any wrongdoing or any role in creating the flint disaster." if you want to

again i would like to thank chairman chaffetz and ranking member cummings for bringing this bill to the floor and to once again offer the holloway family my sincerest condolences. i hope this postal facility will serve as a reminder of his courage and compassion for generations to come. with that, madam speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. boyle: thank you. madam speaker, clearly as we just heard officer holloway is exactly the kind of person that we should recognize as a country . it is also a reminder, i say this representing hundreds if not thousands of philadelphia police officers in my district, it is a reminder of just how dangerous a job being a police offer -- officer is in our society. it is quite clear that officer holloway paid the ultimate sacrifice to louisiana and also to our country. he is worthy of this honor. i urge all those in this house to adopt this resolution. with that i yield back the remainder of tie time. the speaker pro tempor

i'm not using this example because he's a friend of mine or a member of congress, this is jason chaffetz. i'm using it, i would feel the same way about any u.s. citizen. there was a breach soft some 60 of his personal data. 60 different items. and including from "the washington post," some information that he might find embassing needs to get out is what the assistant director, edward lawry wrote to another director. and wanting to support you, but also recognizing that that trust and that accountability is so important, could you tell the committee what disciplinary actions have been involved with those who were responsible for leaking this data of a private citizen? especially in regards to director lawry? mr. clancy: there have been 42 secret service employees who were issued discipline with regard to that case you referred to here. many of those are in the appeal process and coming to the end of that appeal process. i can't speak specifically about what, because of privacy issues what each individual received as a result of those actions but it is something the agency is embarrassed

i'm not using this jason chaffetz as a friend of mine or member of congress but any u.s. citizen, where there was a breach of some 60 of his personal data, 60 different items, and quoting from "the washington post," "some information he might find emb s embarrassing needs to get out is what the assistant director edward low ree wrote to another director" wanting to support you but also recognizing that trust and accountability is so important. could you tell the committee what disciplinary actions have been involved with those who were responsible for leaking this data of a private citizen, especially in regards to director lowrie? >> congressman, there have been 42 secret service employees who were issued discipline with regard to that case that you referred to here. many of those are in the appeal process, and coming to the end of that appeal process. i can't speak specifically about what, because of privacy issues what each individual received as a result of those actions but it is something that the agency is embarrassed by. we've said that publicly and in terms of ar

now recognize the first and only panel, pleased to welcome the honorable -- >>> and this is jason chaffetz who is leading this, but as you know snyder's initial response to water quality issues in flint and the way he used budget cutting in the state with a financial dead issues in michigan were sort of themes that have resonated through this. he has taken a lot of heat, you heard it from elijah cummings, we will have much more on this hearing coming up in just a bit. >>> we will take a quick break and be back with more on msnbc. technology... say, have you seen all the amazing technology in geico's mobile app? mobile app? look. electronic id cards, emergency roadside service, i can even submit a claim. wow... yep, geico's mobile app works like a charm. geico. expect great savings and a whole lot more. or if you're young or old.are if you run everyday, no matter who you are a heart attack can happen without warning. if you've had a heart attack, a bayer aspirin regimen can help prevent another one. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. bayer aspirin. whewhat d

chaffetz of utah for today and the balance of the week, mr. al green of texas for march 21 and 2 , ms. jackson lee of texas for march 21 and march 22, mr. jeffries of new york for today, ms. eddie bernice johnson for today and tomorrow. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the requests is granted. -- requests are granted. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> i move that the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly the house stands was . host: >> for more than three years, they've been and his wife have studying american cities. there is a tradition in america, writing about road trips, what you learn from it. what makes yours unique? >> the timing of it and the vehicle. we had been living in china and we heard all about the u.s. the other was a vehicle we chose. i have been a pilot of small propeller planes. it is a plane with a parachute. hearing of towns that ha

that was where there was a breach of some 60 of his personal data, 60 different items -- jason chaffetz. including from the "washington post" some information that he might find embarrassing needs to get out is what the assistant director edward lowry wrote to another director. and want to support you but also recognizing that trust and that accountability is so important, could you tell the committee what disciplinary actions have been involved with those who were responsible for leaking this data of a private citizen? a special regards to director lowery? >> congressman, there have been 42 secret service employees who were issued discipline with regard to that case you refer to. many of those are in the appeal process and come to the end of that appeal process. i can't speak specifically about what because of privacy issues, what each individual received as a result of those actions, but it is something the agency is embarrassed by, and we said that publicly. in terms of are really people accountable under people willing to come forward? in the year that i've been here we are now putt

chaffetz as chairman of the committee leading on that effort and we are hopeful that is something we'llis very year. finally, let me finish with this, just by way of encouragement, i do this to every audience. my favorite scripture is 2nd timothy 4:7, we see what is going on, we see what happened in the government and sometimes it's easy to get discouraged. but never forget we're americans is there's a great verse that i think is applicable to this country and sort of always characterized our great nation. 2nd timothy 4 :7 paul writes to timothy, the old guy giving advice to the young guy. i fought the good faith, i finished the course, i kept the faith. that is a verse that described our country for 200-some years. fight, finish, keep faith with those principles that matter. keep faith with this idea that freedom is important. keep faith that this approach that government should function in a proper way like reagan said. we do those things, we'll be fine. we'll be just fine. finally, let me tell you this. a couple years ago my wife and i had some -- we lived north of dayton up near ban

after florida, then you have utah, a state that we feel very good, people like mia love and jason chaffetz, a state similar to south dakota, a state that marco won. it will look different after march 15th. we'll have money, momentum and the math works in our favor. ted cruz has shown he's good at winning rural, small caucuses, but there's only two left after tomorrow. >> who is the bigger threat to marco rubio winning the nomination, donald trump or ted cruz? >> they're different threats, i suppose. trump is the front-runner, he has the most delegates. cruz had a good week last week but he's about to run out of good territory to win delegates in. >> he's opening up offices throughout florida right now spending money there, getting involved in florida. i don't think he necessarily thi thinks he can win in florida but he's trying to hurt rubio's chances. >> some of those offices have proven to be phantom offices. they don't have staff. they're for a media story. if people want to stop trump in florida, they'll vote for rubio. we've seen that happening in the early voting. the poll you just c

were injured and three mormon in missionaries who were also injured, two of which i know are jason chaffetz's, chairman of oversight and government reform, constituents of his. and another note, note the passing of my predecessor's father, roy blunt's dad passed away last night, and i know that a lot of folks had not heard that. and i want to add to the accolades, even though he's not in the room, that everyone's been throwing out to ray baum today. after he wrote wizard of oz, i thought he'd be done. [laughter] i thought he could live off his residuals. but ray is a great, great guy, and i was, came to congress from a different background than most. i was an auction near and a real estate broker for over 30 years. i'm a salesman, and a salesman has to be upbeat, optimistic, open, and ray, i've never seen him in a bad mood. he's always upbeat, optimist optimistic, so i wish him the best of luck over at the n.a.b.. and i just realized out in the hall that he is one week younger than i am. i know you can't tell by looking -- [laughter] anyway, congratulations to ray on his move. commissioner ro

that were injured and three mormon missionaries were also injured, two of which i know are jason chaffetz, chairman of oversight and government reform, constituents of his. at another note, note the passing of my predecessor, passed away last i've had in a a lot of folks had not heard that yet. and i want to add to the accolades even though he's not the norm, everyone has been throwing out -- after he wrote the wizard of oz i thought to be done. i thought they could live off his residuals but ray is a great guy. i came to congress with different background than most. i was auctioned under builds a broker for over 30 years. i'm a salesman and a salesman has to be upbeat, optimistic, open. and rate them i've never seen him in about the is always upbeat, optimistic and open records of the challenge i do wish you the best of luck over at nab. i realized out in all he is one week younger that i i know you can't tell by looking because i look younger than him i'm sure. but anyway, congratulations to write on his move. commissioner rosenworcel, i want to commend you on your trip down to austin p

. >> chairman chaffetz, rapging member cummings, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today about the crisis in flint, and the actions we are taking to ensure that nothing like this ever happens again. let me be blunt. this was a failure of government at all levels, local, state, and federal officials. we all failed the families of flint. this isn't about politics nor partisanship. i'm not going to point fingers or shift blame. there's plenty of that to share, and neither will help the people of flint. not a day or night goes by that this tragedy doesn't weigh on my mind, the questions i should have asked, the answers i should have demanded, how i could have prevented this. that's why i'm so committed to delivering permanent long-term solutions and clean, safe drinking water that every michigan citizen deserves. today i'll report what we've done, what we're doing, and what we will do to deliver real results and real relief to the families of flint. but before going through the facts, i want to express my profound gratitude for the help hanna-attisha a