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Elissa Slotkin: “Estimated amounts of initial payments are unacceptably…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Senator Slotkin Speaks on the Senate Floor on Flint Water Crisis

Published | Video Starts at 14:18

And unfortunately, Flint residents are yet to see anything from a settlement over the last decade. Timeliness for the rest of their payouts are vague and always changing. And Estimated amounts of initial payments are unacceptably small. It's possible that Flint families will not see the dollars that they are owed. No apology, no amount of assigning blame. And certainly no amount of money can make Flint whole. (14:18–14:22)

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Asserts that the initial settlement payments to Flint residents are insufficient.

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