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Gary Peters: “If your agency's own policy document encourages judicial action when a situation is escalating, why did the EPA wait so…”

On the recordFebruary 10, 2016
If your agency's own policy document encourages judicial action when a situation is escalating, why did the EPA wait so long to take action in Flint?
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Questioning the EPA's delayed response to the Flint water crisis.

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