# MI Senator Stabenow wants recess canceled for Flint

- Link: https://greenlivingguy.com/2016/12/mi-senator-stabenow-wants-recess-canceled-for-flint/
- Published: 2016-12-29T04:15:07-05:00
- Author: greenlivingguy

According to the [Washington Examiner](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/stabenow-wants-senate-recess-canceled),
US Senator from Michigan Debbie Stabenow urged the Senate not to take its scheduled
recess next week to stay in the Capitol and pass funding for Flint, Mich.

The city of 100,000 people in eastern Michigan has been affected by a drinking water
crisis for more than two years. That’s due to lead contamination brought on by a
switch in water sources. Stabenow, a Democrat. For she said the Senate should not
leave town until something is done.

[⌊According to the Washington Examiner, US Senator from Michigan Debbie Stabenow
urged the Senate not to take its scheduled recess next week to stay in the Capitol
and pass funding for Flint, Mich.⌉⌊According to the Washington Examiner, US Senator
from Michigan Debbie Stabenow urged the Senate not to take its scheduled recess 
next week to stay in the Capitol and pass funding for Flint, Mich.⌉[

Michigan senator says the Senate should stay and pass funding to help the Flint 
water crisis. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

 

“We should have acted sooner in the United States Senate. Moreover and sent a bill
to the House. All so that we could help Flint rebuild their [water system](https://greenlivingguy.com/2015/02/rain-water-system-passive-integrated/),”
she said.

For the rest of the [Washington Examiner](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/stabenow-wants-senate-recess-canceled)
story by [KYLE FELDSCHER](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/kyle-feldscher)(
[@KYLE_FELDSCHER](https://mobile.twitter.com/kyle_feldscher)) • 4/28/16 1:56 PM

### Agreement

Congress has finally passed an agreement to provide $170 million in long-awaited
assistance for Flint. In addition and other communities affected by lead.  The bipartisan
agreement, championed by Senator Stabenow, Senator Peters and Congressman Kildee.
For it passed the Senate 78-21. That’s as part of the Water Infrastructure Improvements
for the Nation (WIIN) Act.  This agreement also closely mirrors legislation that
passed the Senate in September by a margin of 95-3. For it now goes to the desk 
of the President for his signature.

The agreement provides access to $100 million in funding to help fix Flint’s drinking
water infrastructure; funding to activate at least $200 million in low-interest 
loans to upgrade water infrastructure in communities in Michigan and across the 
country; $50 million to address the health care needs of children who have been 
exposed to lead; authority for the State of Michigan to forgive $20 million in past
drinking water loans to Flint; and a requirement that EPA warn the public within
24 hours of high lead levels in drinking water if a state fails to do so.

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