On the recordFebruary 2, 2016
If I'm being poisoned and I can't wash with the water. I can't drink the water, and then you are going to make me pay for the water? I mean, that doesn't make any sense.
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congress.govElijah Cummings: “If I'm being poisoned and I can't wash with the water. I can't drink the water, and then you are going to make me pay…”
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Cummings expresses outrage over residents being charged for contaminated water.
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