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Gary Palmer: “But there wasn't a sense of urgency here.”

On the recordMarch 16, 2016
But there wasn't a sense of urgency here.
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Gary Palmer
Republican · Alabama

Editor's note · Context

Palmer criticized the EPA's lack of urgency in addressing the Flint water crisis.

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