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Gibson wants Congress to investigate Rensselaer water

May 13, 2016 12:05 am

While the U.S. Congress has yet to investigate the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, Kinderhook-based Congressperson Chris Gibson wants to hold hearings over the water in Rensselaer County. in Capitol Confidential that Gibson is asking the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to investigate the PFOA contamination of drinking water in Hoosick, Hoosick Falls, and Petersburgh. “Critical questions regarding the actions of the federal Environmental Protection Agency, New York State Department of Health, and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation remain unanswered,” the congressman wrote. “Regrettably, the New York Legislature has changed course and now will not conduct oversight hearings on what went wrong and why, after stating they would be holding hearings in the matter. This has only increased frustration and concern amongst many of my constituents and myself that our regulatory agencies are not facing the necessary and appropriate oversight of their agencies.” Read the full story in Capitol Confidential.