One question seemed to be on everyone’s lips at the first congressional hearing on the lead water crisis in Flint, Mich.: Where’s Gov. Rick Snyder?

Snyder was introducing a state budget Wednesday that would cover 65 percent of the water and sewage fees paid by Flint residents for water they can’t currently use. But many members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee thought he should be in their hearing room answering questions about his role in the crisis.

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