John Mica

The local job that they failed at the local level, they failed at the State level, and we failed at the Federal level.

Again, a high school student could take this report and determine that kids were getting poisoned.

They gagged Mr. Del Toral.

This Mr. Del Toral should get a Congressional Gold Medal.

She was getting vacation time bonuses, got the last one May 28th while--the regional administrator is getting vacation time bonuses while the kids are getting poisoned.

What disturbs me is--well, first of all, Administrator McCarthy, you had the ability to act when you find out that things aren't going right in these systems.

I think a lot more failed in Flint than the water. It is a failed city.

But that is not a good answer because I am the best Representative in the 7th Congressional District. I am the only one.

We still do not have an extradition treaty so we can't go after them there.

We have got lots of USAID that--tens of billions going in to a country that only has a $5 billion annual budget.

U.S. contractors were restricted so they are giving the stuff to Afghan contractors who we really couldn't monitor or go after criminally.

It appears a lot of money was wasted and not attended to on some of these projects not only under DOD but under the State Department.

When I was there, I was taken to Helmand Province. I went to half a dozen provinces or whatever around the country, and I remember the troops telling me look at the school, Mr. Mica. The school they paid 5, 10 times. It is the joke of the…

I was told by a representative--I am pretty sure it was out of your office and I think we have it on the record because I went back and said did you say absorb or steal?

Billions, just billions.

You never acted for, what, 5 months after this memo, Ms. Hedman?

When we get a memo like this from someone with the EPA doing their job, and a constituent who reports it, and we have the evidence of the poisoning.

This Mr. del Toral is a hero, and the things he did, every test possible.

A higher schooler could read his memo, which he produced.

The reason we put EPA together was to protect people, right, in cities, in communities, and States where they did not act to protect the water of the people, right?

I think this hearing is going to be known as the great finger pointing hearing.

Unfortunately that deal did not materialize.

You cannot get much closer or better view for all the Commissioners, and we will save a lot of money.

I just transferred. I have got on the President's desk transferring an empty 120-bed nursing home to the State of Florida.

I would love to operate any company and have the government subsidize my capital cost.