Part of Time magazine's Feb. 1 issue cover.
This Feb. 1 issue cover shows Flint toddler Sincere Smith in a photo by Regina H. Boone of the Detroit Free Press.
Gov. Rick Snyder, who appeared on MSNBC on Thursday and is keeping a higher profile in the Flint water crisis, is now expected to testify before Congress on the Flint water crisis.
He called Rep. Jason Chaffetz, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, on Thursday and offered to travel to Washington for a hearing, Jonathan Oosting writes at The Detroit News. Chaffetz accepted and says Snyder will sit on a panel with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy. No date is set.
Snyder issued a statement Friday afternoon:
“The people of Flint have suffered because they were failed by all levels of government, and so it is understandable that there are questions at all levels of government,” the governor said in a statement.
“In Michigan we are learning a great deal from this crisis and I am hopeful the federal government also will use this as an opportunity to examine health and safety protections in place, assess infrastructure needs, and avoid this type of crisis in the future.”
