but michigan's governor, rick snide he should who is also named as a defendant in the lawsuit, hasn'tectly addressed the allegations so far. we caught with him at a press conference he was holding in detroit. so the governor has just arrived and we have heard he's going to be make ago i major statement just shortly about criminal justice and prison reform. >> one thing we need to recognize the vast majority of the people that are incarcerated are coming back out. and should be coming back out. and the question is, is by helping them be successful coming back out it's a win for all of us. >> the governor's speech made no mention of concerns about the conditions for minors in michigan's prisons. what is your response that allegations of young men under the age of 18 have been sexually abuses and abused in serious criminal ways in prisons in michigan and feel that the state failed to protect them? >> yeah, actually that's in litigation. so i can't comment on active matters where the state is a party to litigation, that wouldn't be legally appropriate. so what i would say is with respect

there he is, rick snide, expected to speak at some length about the water crisis in flint, michigan. why don't we give a listen to his remarks. [ applause ] >> thank you, thank you very much. thank you. >> members of the joint con vince of the state of michigan, rick snyder. >> thank you, thank you very much. please be seated. thank you for joining me tonight. lieutenant governor, brian kelly, senate majority leader, senate minority leader, house minority leader, members of the supreme court, members of the court of appeals. attorney general, congressman, fred upton, congresswoman, brenda lawrence. my cabinet. ladies and gentlemen of the legislature. fellow public servants, citizens of michigan. and my family. i welcome you herer tonight. i would like to begin by adding a special welcome, to our active duty military reserve and national guard members, and law enforcement, let's give them a shutout too. [ applause ] otherawa. >> thank you, i do want to share one special situation with you with respect to our medical. last year, we had deployed the 127th air wing out of sulfrag. they h

rick snide are was one of several people congress or at least a prt of congress with like to hear fromtopic. so this headline quickly got revised. ricksnyder is being invited to testify. but the person inviting is a democrat. when you're a democrat in a republican-controlled congress, you're not allowed to call hearings. only the republicans in charge can do that. so this is that one democrat say we go would love to hold a hearing on that subject but nobody has been invited so far. >> congresswoman lawrence, good to see you. >> good to see you as well. >> how likely is it that the governor will appear before congress? >> first of all, i want to thank my ranking member, mr. cummings, and the chair of the oversight government reform committee, congressman chafis for expediting my request. i represent michigan, the detroit water, but i am the ranking member on the subcommit of the interior clean water act. our responsibility is to ensure that government is working, that they have the resources and they're in compliance with their rules and regulations put out o for our country. clearly th

snide tear just resign. >> has he made any comment chris about that? >> boy has he been taking criticism, right? he had to address. >> this so last night's address by michigan governor rick snyder started when something the people of flint have been saying now for a very long time. >> pipes that carry water to flint were contaminated. instead of switching back in, the linc err effect of taking water from the flint river has caused elevated little of lead in children among other health concerns. governor snyder and other officials are accused of not acting fast enough. now, they've been hit with two class action lawsuit. snyder's focus now on secure funds to go fix the problem, and he's addressing the lingering health problems. >> schools, treatment of children with high lead levels, diagnostic testing, nurse visit. >> the white house has appointed someone to oversee federal assistance there, and department of justice guys now investigating. in the meantime, people living there are relying on bottled water, and filtered water and the testing kits to see how dangerous the water might bement back to president obama for just a minute, schedule to be in detroit for the auto s