Coincidentally, this story just out. It seems they were clearing "asbestos" from the Senate Chamber just this weekend.
Asbestos cleared from U.S. Senate chamber
7/6/2004, 3:48 p.m. ET
By ALAN FRAM
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate met as scheduled Tuesday after workers removed what an aide said were low levels of asbestos, but the adjacent party cloak rooms and Senate press gallery were closed so tests and possible cleanups could be conducted.
http://www.nj.com/newsflash/washington/index.ssf?/base/politics-3/1089140123261690.xml&storylist=washington
I don't believe anything AP reports anymore, not since we caught them in the lie about the German hijacking.