Date: September 6, 2005 11:20:52 PM PDT
Subject: On Capitol Hill, the Levee Breaks
From today's Washington Post:
Stung by criticism of the federal response to Hurricane Katrina, President Bush yesterday promised to investigate his own administration's emergency management ...
Bush, who has called the response to the hurricane unacceptable only to amend that to say the results were not acceptable, offered no specifics on his planned investigation.
Still, the call for an investigation was unusual coming from a president who rarely admits mistakes.
House Republican leaders suggested that Congress launch one comprehensive examination of the disaster response, possibly a joint House-Senate investigation.
But Senate committees were already moving forward.
...
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) castigated the Cabinet's performance [in behind-closed-doors discussions today] as two hours of "self-congratulatory" talk.
"This administration does not live in reality," Pelosi said.
"To hear them talk, everything went right. They have very low standards, no performance, and no accountability."
