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BREAKING: GOP Reps Walberg & Chaffetz lied at #FlintWaterCrisis hearing about meeting with EPA staffer Miguel Del Toral
This past Tuesday, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held the second of three hearings on the Flint water crisis. At the hearing, Republicans on the Committee tore into former EPA Region 5 administrator Susan Hedman for her role in what many see as the EPAs delayed response in dealing with the poisoning of Flints drinking water with the powerful, tasteless, odorless, invisible neurotoxin lead.
Committee Chair Jason Chaffetz along with Michigan Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-07) both indicated during their questioning that they had met with EPA staffer and whistleblower Miguel Del Toral and that he told them that he had been punished for a memo he written last summer, a preliminary version of which he leaked to the media.
Despite these accusations, during her testimony Hedman denied that there had been retaliation against Mr. Del Toral. She also took issue with Rep. Walbergs assertion that she had instructed former Flint Mayor Dayne Walling to disregard the memo. Both men claimed to have spoken with Del Toral during a Congressional trip to Flint last weekend.
WALBERG: Ms. Hedman, in July 2015, you told Flints mayor to disregard Mr. Del Torals preliminary memo that found high levels of lead in Flints water supply. Why did it take another five months for the final report to come out?
HEDMAN: I never told the mayor to disregard that memo. In fact, if you look at Appendix 3 to my testimony, youll see what actually occurred during the conversation that I had with the mayor
WALBERG: Theres dispute on that coming across the board.
HEDMAN: Yes, I wrote the email and I know what I said and if we could take the time to take a moment to talk about that, I think we could clear that up.
WALBERG: Im not sure we could. Mr. Del Toral certainly has a different recollection of it, as well as responses to him. And I had the opportunity to talk with him in Flint this Saturday, as well. Very different from what we are being told here and thats the concern.
http://www.eclectablog.com/2016/03/breaking-gop-reps-walberg-chaffetz-lied-at-flintwatercrisis-hearing-about-meeting-with-epa-staffer-miguel-del-toral.html
Jackie Wilson Said
(4,176 posts)COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)ananda
(28,873 posts)..
tartan2
(314 posts)This happened in your backyard you fool.
chapdrum
(930 posts)to the dark side, there isn't much hope.
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)Pakid
(478 posts)who could or would take responsibility for there action when things go wrong.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)chapdrum
(930 posts)politicians.
They actively seek to dismantle the EPA, and then when of their own oversees the willful poisoning of Flint residents, they take that childishly easy opportunity to blame the gutted EPA, instead of the obvious criminals.
What's far less obvious is how these cretins get re-elected.
rgbecker
(4,834 posts)red dog 1
(27,844 posts)and they will continue to do so until Congress puts a stop to it.
(Which will never happen as long as the GOP controls Congress)
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tkmorris
(11,138 posts)"I didn't do it, but I did have the opportunity".
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,032 posts)Anything they can do to divert attention away from GOP (Governor) responsibility.
AxionExcel
(755 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)I kind of thought they might be trying to pin this on the EPA, instead of on the actual culprits. Looks like that could very well be the case.
turbinetree
(24,710 posts)http://crooksandliars.com/2016/03/rep-cummings-rips-gov-snyder-criminal
and Chaffetz.........................you are trying to deflect the issue to the EPA, the same Government agency you and your cronies that give you moola like the Koch jerk's, and yourself are trying to de-fund------------------you are a god damn hypocrite all you are trying to do is blame the EPA, and you see responsibilities to protect your right wing hypocrite governor
Hey----------------- Chaffetz, I stand behind Gina McCarthy , Chaffetz your a condescending jerk
Honk----------------------for a political revolution Bernie 2016
Zambero
(8,965 posts)Committee members are, as is often the case, free to introduce fiction-based lines of questioning or pitch false premises to their hearts desire. Although, there IS this minor detail about an oath of office that MIGHT just apply to them as well.
AxionExcel
(755 posts)red dog 1
(27,844 posts)These 2 lying Republicans deserve to be held accountable for their actions.