Flint Congressional Hearing: Prof. Edwards on the EPA, MDEQ and whose to blame — Transcript

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1. 0:00you don't seem
2. 0:01to put too much blame on the state and I
3. 0:04mean is why is that or am I missing
4. 0:07something see and the reason why I gave
5. 0:09that that whole long statement that I
6. 0:11just gave is because I know sometimes we
7. 0:13can be so upset because we've been
8. 0:16abused and and treated badly but I want
9. 0:19to make sure that we are also looking at
10. 0:22the whole picture you follow what I'm
11. 0:23saying yes uh my perspective on this is
12. 0:26the fact that these are the agencies
13. 0:28paid to protect us the Michigan
14. 0:30Department of Environmental Quality and
15. 0:33Susan Hedman at EPA is the top
16. 0:35environmental cop in the region I have
17. 0:37said repeatedly that the primary blame
18. 0:40for this rests with a few people at the
19. 0:42Michigan Department of Environmental
20. 0:44Quality without question uh but in terms
21. 0:49of other people in the state those core
22. 0:53professionals misled them throughout
23. 0:55this whole thing Mr Walling in in Flint
24. 0:58for example reached out after reading
25. 1:00Miguel's memo as a as a considerate
26. 1:03mayor would to Susan Hedman and said is
27. 1:06this something I should take
28. 1:07seriously and she told him the cop the
29. 1:10top environmental policeman in the
30. 1:12region told him I am sorry this memo
31. 1:15ever took place and I'll get back to you
32. 1:17after I edit and vet it so I I 100% of
33. 1:21the responsibility lies with these uh
34. 1:25mdq there's no question but EPA had the
35. 1:27chance because of nigalo Toro to be the
36. 1:30hero here and Miss Hedman snatched
37. 1:33defeat for EPA from the jaws of Victory
38. 1:37by discrediting his memo and standing by
39. 1:39silently as she knew that federal law
40. 1:42was not protecting Flint's children mhm
41. 1:44and