washington u.s. lawmakers criticize environmental officials hear wednesday act sooner saw report drink water flint michigan pollute dangerously high level lead never think could happen america state surround fresh water great lakes brenda lawrence democrat michigan say house oversight panel examine water crisis flint city 100,000. panel issue subpoena officials show testify water find lead level hamper brain development cause health problems thousands children believe ingest pollute water flint mostly african american latino suburb near detroit lawrence ask keith creagh head michigan department environmental quality agency act report federal environmental protection agency expert show water pollute get clear answer share responsibility flint water crisis whether city state federal government let citizens flint say creagh take job last month marc edwards water engineer first raise issue flint lead contamination tell panel epa break laws notify public report taint water criminal know be epa water official joel beauvais say know agency tell public representative elijah cummings maryland top democrat committee complain republican-led panel invite michigan governor rick snyder republican testify hear representative matt cartwright pennsylvania criticize snyder hand-pick emergency managers flint responsible switch source flint tap water detroit system flint river dump area april 2014. flint grapple health political fallout switch corrosive river water leach lead old pip system get catch red hand poison children flint cartwright democrat say snyder two ways headline here snyder spokesman respond email unfortunate people work toward solution inject partisan politics incendiary rhetoric emergency best address people work together snyder ask state lawmakers next budget proposal approve 30 million water payment relief plan flint residents keep water service reimburse lead-contaminated water drink office say busload flint residents travel washington attend hear serious make sure people responsible manmade disaster hold accountable say bernadel jefferson bishop lawmakers also slam epa send administrator gina mccarthy flint week even though agency know crisis months epa spokeswoman say agency form flint task force last october team weeks head oversight panel representative jason chaffetz utah republican say subpoena epa susan hedman appear deposition washington late month hedman announce last month would resign feb. play memo epa miguel del toral say test show high level lead tell flint michigan administrators draft report epa agree provide hedman email end week chaffetz say chaffetz say panel also issue second subpoena darnell earley flint state-appointed emergency manager city switch detroit system a. scott bolden earley lawyer say client give enough time respond initial subpoena serve last night bolden say earley hide anywhere honor subpoena issue reasonable response time earley implement plan change city water source others put place start bolden say nothing put environmental folks water testers anyone connect ensure quality water suggest way water disaster loom political fallout crisis could also hold wide-ranging bill energy democrats senate threaten block bipartisan energy bill fail include immediate aid flint federal authorities include fbi start criminal probe contamination u.s. lawmakers chastise officials level flint crisis