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Elissa Slotkin: “Flint residents have brought charges, criminal and civil…”

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 13:02

Who wouldn't? They deserve nothing less after an American city is poisoned. People died. Children lost their parents. People lost their siblings, neighbors, friends. So nearly 10 years later, Flint residents have brought charges, criminal and civil, against everyone involved in treating this catastrophe. They sued the city. They sued the county. They sued the engineers who switched the engineering firms. Excuse me, who switched Flint's water. They sued the state of Michigan, including Governor Rick Snyder at the time. (13:02–13:07)

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Asserts that Flint residents have initiated legal actions against various parties involved in the water crisis.

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