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The Flint water crisis will take center stage both in Lansing and Washington D.C. Tuesday.
A state legislative panel will hold its first hearing on the matter this morning.
Senate Democratic Leader Jim Ananich, who represents Flint, is one of six lawmakers on the committee and says the initial hearing should set the table for the panel’s deep dive into who’s responsible for the lead contaminated water in Flint.
Lawmakers will spend the hearing poring over an audit of the state Department of Environmental Quality’s drinking water division.
Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, a U.S. House committee will hold its second hearing on the Flint water crisis.
A former EPA administrator and Flint’s former mayor and former emergency manager are due to testify before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
