Josh Hawley: “in October of this past year, the parents and students of Jana Elementary School in Florissant, MO--that is in the…”

“in October of this past year, the parents and students of Jana Elementary School in Florissant, MO--that is in the greater St. Louis area--woke to find news of an independent study that had found nuclear radioactive contamination inside the school building at Jana Elementary. Now, sadly, this probably didn't come as a total shock to those residents who have lived in Florissant and in the surrounding area because for years now--for years--this community has had to deal with the fallout of the Federal Government's own nuclear program and the waste left over from it dating back to the 1940s, which was then effectively dumped in St. Louis, made its way into the water, into the soil, and now into a stream that runs right by this elementary school. So the school board wisely said: We should do a study. Let's find out if it is in the school. Independent results came back and said it was in the dust, on the windowsills of the school--radioactive material. The school board met. They shut down the school. Parents had kids at home for months. Then comes the first of this year. The school board said: We can't in good conscience reopen it. Now what is happening? The school is closed. The kids are having to be bused to other locations, driven to schools outside of their neighborhood. This a working-class community. These are hard-working folks. They don't have the resources lying around to send their kids to other schools or to pay to move. If they did, they would.…”