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There was a failure of government in terms of people not using common sense enough to prevent this from happening and identifying it soon enough ... and the people that did this work for me, so I am responsible, my focus now, though is how do we address it? How do we follow up? How do we help these parents and these kids that could go on for years?
Found on CNN 8 years ago
It's not about just moving money, this is a case of a handful of government officials making extremely poor decisions that had massive consequences for people. This raises a cultural question. Most government employees are great people. They work really hard. But there are places where people were following kind of the letter of the federal lead and copper rule far too literally and not in the appropriate fashion that led to this.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
A lot of very good things have taken place in Flint, this was just a huge failure. It had horrible consequences for the citizens. And so that's what we're trying to address now.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
And so that's the problem here is we know the ones that have higher levels to do appropriate follow-up care, so really, we need to establish the right medical protocols, the public health pieces, the educational process things, to watch these kids for years that didn't have higher blood levels in terms of a blood test. Because they could be affected.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
No citizen of this great state should endure this kind of catastrophe. Government failed you -- federal, state and local leaders -- by breaking the trust you placed in us.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
The Detroit schools are in need of a transformational change, ... Not all Detroit students are gaining the education they deserve.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I want to solve this problem, i don't want to walk away from it.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
As soon as it came to my attention we started to take serious action. What I'd say is I feel terrible about it, though, and it's clear that changes needed to be made in my administration and I think long-term, there are things that need to be improved, i want to solve this problem.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
The checks and balances that theoretically could have been there didn't work. This is a mess. I mean, I feel terrible about all this happening. And that's why I'm working hard to do everything I can to repair the damage and then actually work to strengthen Flint and the citizens.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
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