Sen. Wicker on Jackson Water Crisis: ‘This Is an Emergency’

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WICKER: “We have money in the pipeline. The bipartisan infrastructure bill provided Mississippi $429 million for water and sewer treatment. So this is — this is part of it, a large portion of that will be available in this coming fiscal year. So there’s help on the way, but I’ll tell you, this is an emergency and the American people are seeing this, they’re being very responsive and we’re going to need additional federal help to salvage the lives and homes and futures of our major city.”