Rep. Bonnie Watson ColemanVerified account

The emergency manager appointed by @onetoughnerd instituted a plan to run #Flint like a business to bring it back from the brink of debt.

We now know that although the Flint River is in poor shape, a little additional spending could have prevented this crisis. #FlintWaterCrisis

Instead, Flint went the bare-bones route, leaving a generation of residents to suffer the permanent consequences. #FlintWaterCrisis

Congress has more than once been so focused on reducing the deficit that we’ve lost sight of our responsibility to govern. #FlintWaterCrisis

The benefits of austerity & small govt are questionable at best. Flint has proven that & we’d all be wise to remember it. #FlintWaterCrisis

This GOP Congress has made undermining environmental and energy regulations one of its core missions. #FlintWaterCrisis

In the first 100 days, the 114th GOP Congress voted on more environmental and energy issues than any other topic... #FlintWaterCrisis

...& not a single one was aimed at protecting resources like the #FlintRiver from contamination that allowed its water to corrode lead pipes