Tammy Baldwin: “They've had to move 1800 students in these six schools to…”

“Absolutely. Let me explain the situation in Milwaukee. We have six schools that have lead in the environment. In these schools, we've had several students test positive for lead poisoning. They've had to move 1800 students in these six schools to other locations. And there is a branch of the CDC that specializes in child lead poisoning and hazard mitigation. Every person in that branch has been fired.” (00:52–00:59)

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