Energy and Environment

Second House committee will tackle Flint water crisis

By Kyle Feldscher
Published April 6, 2016 8:39pm ET
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Second House committee will tackle Flint water crisis
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder testified before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing. A second House committee will hold a hearing on the water crisis in Flint, Mich. next week. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) | Andrew Harnik

A second House committee has decided to take up the lead water crisis in Flint, Mich., and will hold a hearing on the scandal next week.

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce subcommittee on environment and the economy, and a separate subcommittee on health, will hold a joint hearing on the water crisis that has left 100,000 people in the eastern Michigan town unable to drink tap water. The hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. April 13.

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