Powell telephoned Waxman that day, and the congressman said he accepted the explanation.
Representative Rahm Emanuel, an Illinois Democrat, was sharply critical Tuesday.
"Funny things happened on the way to the printer," he said. "Unfortunately, this is not the first, second or third instance, for that matter, of a Bush Cabinet secretary having to rewrite a report from their own department."
Emanuel cited inaccurate reports on racial disparities in health care, misleading estimates of the Medicare prescription drug bill and the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed mercury emissions rules.
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