"Rep. Jerrold Nadler, a Democrat whose district includes the World Trade Center
site, called the hearing after years of criticizing federal officials for what
he says was a negligent and incomplete cleanup after the Sept. 11, 2001,
attacks.
He opened the session by saying the Bush administration 'has
continued to make false, misleading and inaccurate statements, and refused to
take remedial actions, even in the face of overwhelming evidence.'
Whitman,
the main focus of much of that criticism, called such allegations
'misinformation, innuendo and downright falsehoods.'
She has insisted for
years that her statements that the 'air is safe' were aimed at those living and
working near ground zero, not those who actually toiled on the toxic pile. Her
agency, she has said, repeatedly warned that rescue and recovery workers needed
to wear protective gear."
Do we really need another scandal, I am so over this habit of one party attacking the other with petty scandals. I think the democracy is sinking and the two parties are fighting over who is going to pay their shared bar tab.
As for this example, we were faced with an attack the nature of which had never happened before, mistakes were made. Why does everything have to be turned into something criminal. What would be the motivation of the administration to lie to the public on this. You think the administration wanted for people to get sick and die from exposure to these elements?
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