Senator Hillary Clinton said that she and Rep. Jerry Nadler plan to chair a probe investigating the federal government's response and clean-up efforts following the September 11 terrorist attacks. Clinton said in a press release that "we need to examine what went wrong and assess whether the federal government is better prepared to respond to environmental hazards in future disasters. I also remain concerned about potential indoor contamination resulting from the collapse of the World Trade Center and want to take a close look at the EPA's inadequate program to test and clean residential areas in Manhattan."

Clinton, Nadler to investigate post-9/11 environmental cleanup