Gerry Connolly actually said...

Flint, arguably, one of the worst municipal environmental tragedies in the modern era in the United States, and it was manmade.

This was a State failure.

The State of Michigan was responsible, as the ranking member said, has primacy for the enforcement of the lead and copper rule.

None of this is to whitewash real issues, but there is a context here. We want to make Turkey a more stable democratic state.