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Clinton Blocks EPA Nominee, Seeks Answers on 9/11 Air
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Aug 21, 2003 (Acrobat file)
By Anne Q. Hoy
Washington Bureau
September 23, 2003, 9:36 PM EDT
Washington -- New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton Tuesday charged that the White House orchestrated a deliberate effort to mislead New Yorkers about the city's air quality after the 2001 terrorist attacks.
Clinton used a Senate hearing on the nomination of Utah Gov. Michael Leavitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency to reiterate her demand that the administration again test the air quality of residences and businesses in lower Manhattan.
She called on the White House to disclose the names of those who ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to soften public statements about the area's air quality in the wake of Sept. 11, 2001.
Clinton is blocking Leavitt's confirmation, as are two Democratic presidential contenders -- Sens. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut and John Edwards of North Carolina, for different reasons. Clinton said she will not remove her barrier -- a move that denies him a full Senate vote -- until she gets answers and results.
The senator's ire was sparked by a report by the EPA's inspector general, issued Aug. 22, that said the White House directed the agency to recast its news releases after the collapse of the World Trade Center "to add reassuring statements and delete cautionary ones." The report said the assurances came without test results.
Clinton Blocks EPA Nominee, Seeks Answers on 9/11 Air
Read EPA Inspector General's Report (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
Aug 21, 2003 (Acrobat file)
By Anne Q. Hoy
Washington Bureau
September 23, 2003, 9:36 PM EDT
Washington -- New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton Tuesday charged that the White House orchestrated a deliberate effort to mislead New Yorkers about the city's air quality after the 2001 terrorist attacks.
Clinton used a Senate hearing on the nomination of Utah Gov. Michael Leavitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency to reiterate her demand that the administration again test the air quality of residences and businesses in lower Manhattan.
She called on the White House to disclose the names of those who ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to soften public statements about the area's air quality in the wake of Sept. 11, 2001.
Clinton is blocking Leavitt's confirmation, as are two Democratic presidential contenders -- Sens. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut and John Edwards of North Carolina, for different reasons. Clinton said she will not remove her barrier -- a move that denies him a full Senate vote -- until she gets answers and results.
The senator's ire was sparked by a report by the EPA's inspector general, issued Aug. 22, that said the White House directed the agency to recast its news releases after the collapse of the World Trade Center "to add reassuring statements and delete cautionary ones." The report said the assurances came without test results.