Dem lawmaker: ‘Race is a factor’ in Flint aid debate

by The Hill staff - 09/27/16 1:07 PM ET

A Democratic lawmaker who represents Flint, Mich., says “race is a factor” in the decision not to include money for the city in a short-term spending bill.

“I think it’s fairly clear to me that race is a factor in the way Flint has been treated,” Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) says in an interview with The Hill.

{mosads}Kildee is fighting to include money in the must-pass stopgap bill to ease his city’s lead-tainted drinking water crisis.

Watch the video above to hear Kildee in his own words.

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