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Summer Lee: Can you say because of the moral authority vested in you as the State government and the need to give a response, that…

On the recordFebruary 2, 2016
Can you say because of the moral authority vested in you as the State government and the need to give a response, that you would engage and use or argue--or the Governor, who is not here--there should be an empty chair there--but he should spend the $50 to $60 million to completely overhaul the pipe system in the city of Flint?
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Jackson Lee urges state government to invest in Flint's water infrastructure.

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