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John Cornyn: “Since there is no plan announced yet, or in place, it strikes me as putting the cart before the horse to say that the…”

On the recordFebruary 4, 2016
Since there is no plan announced yet, or in place, it strikes me as putting the cart before the horse to say that the Senate ought to vote on a $600 million emergency appropriations deal to pay for a plan that has not yet been created or disclosed to the American people. I ask the Senator through the Chair, isn't it a fact that the State itself has already appropriated $40 million to deal with this issue on an emergency basis and the Obama administration has made available another $80 million through the EPA that is available to the State of Michigan to help Flint deal with this problem, so a total of roughly $120 million has already been made available?
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas
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Feb 4, 2016

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