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On the recordApril 12, 2016
At one level I am glad we are looking into the tragedy in Flint, Michigan, and on another one I am saddened and disappointed that it even happened in the first place.
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John Shimkus
Republican · Illinois

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Shimkus expresses mixed feelings about the Flint water crisis investigation.

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