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THE HILL ADMITS MISTAKES, WILL OFFER CORRECTION
November 1, 2007

Posted by matthew_dempsey@epw.senate.gov (4:13pm ET)

Today, The Hill newspaper ran an article with several inaccuracies regarding yesterday's Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing focusing on Yucca Mountain. The article, Clinton Skips Senate Hearing She Called For, wrongfully states that Senator Clinton "skipped" the hearing. Senator Clinton did in fact attend the hearing as evident by the press release released by her Senate office that includes video they posted on You Tube.

In addition, The Hill wrongfully reported that Senator Inhofe criticized Senator Clinton for not attending. The Hill mistakenly reported Clinton's supposed absence "drew a strong rebuke from Sen. James Inhofe (Okla.), ranking Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee."

In fact, the comments made by Senator Inhofe included in the article actually came from a July 24, 2007 press release from Senator Inhofe's EPW Committee office titled, Senator Clinton Fails To Ask ‘Hard Questions' About Yucca Mountain.

We have contacted The Hill and they have assured us that they will run a correction in their paper and post to their website. When they do, we will be sure to add a link to the correction here.

Update: The Hill posts its corection:

Correction:

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) attended and asked questions Wednesday at an Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project. Using an out-of-date release, The Hill incorrectly reported that Clinton missed the hearing. Comments attributed to Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), from the same release, were similarly dated and incorrect. We regret the errors. 

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