'Failing at every level': House committee dives into Flint water crisis

USA Today: WASHINGTON — The chairman of the U.S. House Oversight Committee on Wednesday expressed deep disappointment at government failures at the local, state and federal levels which led to high lead levels in tap water in Flint, Mich., as he opened the first hearing into the water crisis there.

"This is a failing at every level," said U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, as the hearing began with a room full of people from Detroit and Flint to hear the first congressional testimony to be delivered on the widening public health crisis. "The public has a right to be outraged. Outrage doesn't even begin to cover it."

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