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Alabama senator says DOJ settlement on rural sewage aid was rescinded; witnesses clash over whether it was a civil rights matter
Summary
Senator Robert Stewart told the Senate Judiciary subcommittee that a Department of Justice settlement addressing failing septic systems in Lowndes County was dismissed after new Civil Rights Division leadership took office and that $24 million tied to the effort was removed from federal funding.
Senator Robert Stewart, a state senator from Alabama’s Black Belt region, told the Judiciary subcommittee that a Department of Justice civil-rights agreement that helped secure wastewater infrastructure for Lowndes County was dismissed after a change in Civil Rights Division leadership and that roughly $24 million tied to those efforts was removed from a federal funding allocation.
Stewart said the federal agreement had supported connection of nearly 100 homes to working septic systems and credited the Black Belt Unincorporated Wastewater Program, congressional support and prior presidential administrations for helping secure the upgrades. “My grandchildren grew up using straight pipe. My great grands are now…
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