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Tim Walberg: The Flint water crisis is indeed a human tragedy. It's not a natural disaster. It's a human disaster brought on by…

On the recordFebruary 2, 2016
The Flint water crisis is indeed a human tragedy. It's not a natural disaster. It's a human disaster brought on by failures of humans but, I think, as well, brought on by failures of government at all levels.
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Tim Walberg
Republican · Michigan

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Walberg emphasizes the Flint water crisis as a failure of government and human responsibility.

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