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OFF OF OUR CONVERSATION, USED
HER WITH JERRY NORTH SEA. I’VE
GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT
THIS AND OTHER THINGS. FOR
CONGRESSWOMAN DEBBIE DINGELL,
THE DEMOCRAT FROM MICHIGAN,
SIXTH DISTRICT BACK WITH US
AGAIN ON FLASHPOINT.
CONGRESSWOMAN YOUR PLATE IS
EXTREMELY FULL, BUT I KNOW A LOT
OF WHAT YOU WERE HEARING FROM
CONSTITUENTS COMING OFF OF MY
CONVERSATION JUST NOW WITH THE
HEAD OF DT WAS ABOUT THE POWER
OUTAGES. IT WAS A CASE WORKER
FOR A WEEK. UH I TRIED TO BE IN
TOUCH WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE AND I
HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT NOT
JUST THROWING OUT THEIR FOOD IN
THEIR GARBAGE BUT A FARMER THAT
HAD 150 SHEEP WITH NO WATER AND
DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO, AND IN
TOTAL TEARS, DISABLED PEOPLE
THAT GOT STUCK, ONE PARALYZED
VETERAN WHO GOT STUCK ON THE
SECOND FLOOR. WE’RE GOING TO
HAVE TO GET ANSWERS. AND I THINK
OUR DELEGATION I’VE TALKED TO
LISA MEIJER AND JOHN JAMES AND
UM TIM WALBERG AND THE OTHER
DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS WERE. WE’RE
GONNA ASK QUESTIONS. WE’VE GOT
ACCOUNTABILITY TO OUR
CONSTITUENTS, NOTED THE JURY.
NORCIA MICHIGAN BY ONE METRIC,
AT LEAST, HAS THE FIFTH LEAST
RELIABLE OR THE FIFTH WORST WHEN
IT COMES TO RELIABILITY OF
UTILITIES AND POWER IN THE
COUNTRY. HOW DID WE GET THERE?
WE NEED TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS
WE UNDERSTAND NEED TO UNDERSTAND
IF THEY GOT ENOUGH PEOPLE
WORKING FOR THEM. HAVE THEY
REPLACED THE OPENINGS. HOW ARE
WE GOING? BUILD RESILIENCY, AND
BY THE WAY, WE’RE ALSO ONE OF
THE MORE EXPENSIVE UH, GREAT AS
WELL. SO WE NEED TO ASK
QUESTIONS OR PEOPLE THAT STILL
DON’T HAVE POWER. SO THIS IT’S A
PROBLEM. THE OTHER THING THAT
YOU’VE BEEN DEALING WITH A LOT
SINCE THE TRAIN COLLISION OR THE
TRAIN DERAILMENT RATHER IN EAST
PALESTINE, OHIO WAS ALL OF A
SUDDEN, REALLY, WITHOUT ANY
NOTICE TO PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHEN
COUNTY EXECUTIVE WARREN EVANS
GOVERNOR WHITMER HAZARDOUS WASTE
WAS BEING TRUCKED AND SHIPPED IN
FROM THAT ACCIDENT HERE TO
MICHIGAN AND IN PARTICULAR YOUR
DISTRICT IN WAYNE COUNTY, DEVIN
. THERE ARE COUPLE OF THINGS
THAT I WANT TO DIVIDE THIS INTO
DIFFERENT SECTIONS. WE HAVE TWO
SITES IN MICHIGAN WON THE
ROMULUS INJECTION WHILE THE
OTHER IN VAIN BEER IN TOWNSHIP,
BELLEVILLE VAN BUREN THAT ARE
CERTIFIED TO ACCEPT TAXES, WASTE
MATERIALS COMING IN EVERY DAY,
AND NOBODY PAYS ANY ATTENTION TO
IT. THE FACT THAT WE WERE
GETTING, UH, CONTAMINATION FROM
THE OHIO SITE OBVIOUSLY GOT ALL
OF US PAYING ATTENTION, AND
FORTUNATELY OR UNFORTUNATELY,
BECAUSE I’VE GOT SUCH GOOD
RELATIONSHIPS WITH GPS BECAUSE
WE’VE HAD SO MANY CHEMICAL
SPILLS, I WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY
GET TO EPA ASKED SOME QUESTIONS
, THE EPA TOOK OVER THE SITE ON
FRIDAY. THE IMMEDIATELY STOPPED
THE SHIPMENT TO AH, MICHIGAN,
ESPECIALLY THE INJECTION WELL,
WILL NOT BE GETTING ANYMORE
BECAUSE IT IS CRA CERTIFIED BUT
NOT SURPLUS CERTIFIED. SO IT’S
NOT A SERPENT. SUPER FUN, UM,
SITE, BUT WE NEED TO THIS IS A
WAKE UP CALL FOR ALL OF US. I
POST THE INJECTION WELL, JOHN
DIGGLE OPPOSED THE INJECTION
WORLD 25 YEARS AGO. UH I DON’T
THINK THAT HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE
SHOULD BE IN POPULATED AREAS. WE
NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO THIS
FOR MANY DIFFERENT REASONS. DO
WE REALLY KNOW WHAT ALL GOT HERE
BEFORE YOU WHO HAD THE YOU AND
EVERYBODY ELSE WEREN’T EVANS GOT
THE TRUCKS TO TURN AROUND? DO WE
KNOW WHAT ARRIVED? WE DO. I MEAN
, WE’RE GETTING IT’S BEEN
FINALIZED. YOU CAN ASK YOU P A
THAT QUESTION. THEY’VE ASKED ME
TO REFER THOSE. BUT I DO HAVE
BEEN GIVEN THE APPROXIMATE
ESTIMATE FOR, UH, BOTH SITES.
BUT QUITE FRANKLY, THEY DIDN’T
KNOW AT FIRST I HAD TO FIND THE
MANIFEST. THEY HAD TO GET
ANSWERS. UH AND I THINK IT’S
EXTREMELY UNLIKELY FOR THIS
INCIDENT. EITHER SITE. I KNOW
ONE SITE WON’T THE OTHER SIDE
WILL GET ANYTHING. BUT I’M GOING
TO BE THE ROMULUS INJECTION
WELLS UP FOR RE CERTIFICATION.
RIGHT PERMITTING RIGHT NOW, UH,
THEY HAD HELD A PUBLIC HEARING.
THE EAGLE HELD A PUBLIC HEARING
IN FEBRUARY AND HAD A PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD. NOW ELECTED
OFFICIAL. VERY FEW PEOPLE EVEN
PARTICIPATED. I DIDN’T KNOW
UNTIL I STARTED ASKING
QUESTIONS. WE ALL NEED THIS
CRISIS SHOULD MAKE ALL OF US PAY
ATTENTION AND ASK MORE QUESTIONS
AND MAKE VOICES HEARD ABOUT
WHERE HAZARDOUS WASTE SHOULD BE
STORED. NOT USUALLY IN THE
BUSINESS OF CHASING BUSINESS OUT
OF YOUR DISTRICT. BUT THAT
SOUNDS LIKE THAT’S ONE THAT YOU
WOULD BE FINE IF IT DIDN’T EXIST
HERE. POST THIS WELL 25 YEARS
AGO, SECRETARY BUDDHA JUDGE HAS
COME UNDER A LOT OF CRITICISM
THE WHITE HOUSE IN GENERAL FOR
BEING VERY SLOW TO RESPOND TO
THIS. WERE THEY THIS IS WHAT I’M
GOING TO SAY. UM UNFORTUNATELY,
HAVE WORKED, NOT ANYTHING QUITE
AS HORRIFIC AS THIS IN THE
DERAILMENT. UH BUT THE FLAT ROCK
CHEMICAL SPILL, WHICH YOU’LL
REMEMBER. I REMEMBER BEING
PRETTY FRUSTRATED AND EXPRESSING
IT TO YOU AT THAT TIME, AND IT
GETS VERY COMPLICATED, AND I
THINK THIS IS ANOTHER AREA THAT
WE NEED TO WORK ON WHO’S
RESPONSIBLE AT THE SITE STATE.
FRED’S CAN’T COME IN IN A STATE
UNLESS STATE SAYS YOU CAN AND
PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE
EARLIER. I DON’T KNOW WHERE TO
POINT THE FINGERS, BUT WE ARE
NOT PREPARED FOR THESE KINDS OF
SERIOUS EMERGENCIES. THE
IMMEDIATE PERSON ON SITE IN
CHARGE IS THE LOCAL MOST OF THE
FIRE CHIEF WHO ARE GREAT MEN AND
WOMEN. BUT THEY DON’T HAVE THE
RESOURCES AND THESE KINDS OF
PROCESSES ARE VERY SERIOUS IN
THE CHAIN OF COMMAND. CORRECT
CAN’T EVEN GET PEOPLE’S
ATTENTION. THE OTHER THING I
WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE TALKED
ABOUT WAS COVID. YOU’RE ON THE
SELECT COMMITTEE ON COVID. UM SO
THE ENERGY REPORT ENERGY
DEPARTMENT REPORT HAS GOTTEN A
LOT OF ATTENTION SAYING THAT
THEY’VE DECIDED THAT THIS VIRUS
ORIGINATED AT THAT LAB IN WUHAN,
CHINA, BUT THEY HAVE VERY LOW
CONFIDENCE IN THEIR OWN REPORT,
WHICH BAFFLED A LOT OF US. WHY
PUT OUT A REPORT THAT YOU DON’T
HAVE ANY CONFIDENCE IN? DO YOU
HAVE ANY CONFIDENCE YET? THAT
WE’RE GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF
WHERE THIS STARTED AND OUT? AND
MORE ABOUT OUR RESPONSE TO IT
WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN A
CLASSIFIED BRIEFING NEXT WEEK.
PRIOR TO SELECT COMMITTEE
HEARING ON TUESDAY. I AM GOING
INTO ALL OF THESE HEARINGS WITH
A VERY OPEN MIND. I WANT THE
FACTS. I THINK THERE’S BEEN TOO
MUCH MISINFORMATION IN THE MIDST
OF ALL THIS. COVID UH, I THINK
IT COULD HAVE LEAKED FROM LAP. I
THINK IT COULD HAVE BEEN
TRANSFERRED TO ANIMALS. I WANT
TO LOOK AT ALL THE FACTS. AND I
THINK WE NEED TO TRY TO NOT DEAL
ON HYSTERIA. BIG DEAL IN FACTS
AS WE TRY TO UNCOVER WHAT THE
FACTS WERE RELATED TO COVID AND
PREPARE OURSELVES FOR THE NEXT
PUBLIC HEALTH IS ONE MORE BRICK
IN THIS WALL OF MISTRUST, THOUGH
THAT EXISTS RIGHT NOW BETWEEN
THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA. AND
RIGHT NOW, MICHIGANNATIVE.
BATTERY PLANTS. WHAT WOULD YOU
RECOMMEND? HOW WHAT’S YOUR
OUTLOOK ON THIS TRADING PARTNER
THAT WE HAVE THAT WE CAN’T QUITE
SEEM TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
DIVORCE. AND YET WE DON’T TRUST
GOING TO TELL YOU. I’M VERY
CLEAR ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO,
WHICH IS TO BRING AS MUCH OF OUR
SUPPLY CHAIN BACK TO THIS
COUNTRY AS WE CAN. IT’S NOT JUST
ECONOMIC SECURITY AND JOBS. IT’S
NATIONAL SECURITY. RIGHT NOW
COMING OUT OF COVID. I WANT YOU
TO THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT
ALMOST 90% OF THE GENERIC DRUGS
THAT WE USE IN THIS COUNTRY ARE
MADE IN CHINA. THAT KIND OF
DEPENDENCY IF CHINA DECIDES TO
INVITE INVADE TAIWAN WHAT
HAPPENS TO THE MANUFACTURING IN
THIS COUNTRY? SHUT DOWN. WHAT WE
NEED TO DO IS A COUNTRY IS
FOCUSED ON BRINGING OUR SUPPLY
CHAIN BACK HOME AND NOT BEING
DEPENDENT ON ANY OTHER COUNTRY
THAT WAY. IT’S A LOT BECAUSE WE
REALLY ARE SO INTRICATELY
CORRECT, BUT WE HAVE TO. WE NEED
TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT DOING IT
. WE’RE DOING IT WITH CHIPS. WE
NOW NEED TO FOCUS ON
PHARMACEUTICALS WE’RE LOOKING
FOR. I KNOW IT’S A CLASSIFIED
BRIEFING, BUT WE’LL BE LOOKING
FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU AGAIN
AFTER YOU’VE HEARD AND LEARNED