WAP2001011711 - 17 JANUARY 2001 - WASHINGTON, DC, USA: Sen. Tom Carper (D-De) and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) listen to comments during the confirmation hearings for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Director-designate Christine Todd Whitman in Washington, DC on January 17, 2001. This was Sen. Clinton's first day serving as a Senator on a committee. bc/Bill Clark UPI