Spend more on infrastructure, Congress told

Published April 13, 2016 7:00pm ET



The lead water crisis in Flint, Mich., is what happens when funding is taken away from infrastructure and public health provisions, a panel of witnesses told Congress Wednesday.

In a joint meeting of two subcommittees of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, health officials from Michigan and the federal government implored lawmakers to not cut any more funding for health and infrastructure.

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