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Flint lawmaker not giving up on aid

By Kyle Feldscher

Published April 14, 2016 6:16pm ET

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Flint lawmaker not giving up on aid — The Flint River water, however, was so acidic that it caused the lead pipes bringing water from the city's cast iron mains into homes to corrode. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) | Carlos Osorio

The congressman representing Flint, Mich., refuses to stop fighting for his hometown as it goes through a lead water crisis in the face of seemingly waning interest in the issue on Capitol Hill.

Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., sent a letter Thursday to House Speaker Paul Ryan requesting emergency aid for the city of 100,000 people where lead contamination has left the water undrinkable.

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