In October 2001 , while he was the Senate Majority Leader , Daschle 's office received a letter containing anthrax , becoming a target of the 2001 anthrax attacks . Some of his staffers were confirmed to have been exposed , as well as several of Senator Russ Feingold 's staffers and Capitol police officers . His suite at the Hart Senate Office Building was the focus of an intensive cleanup led by the Environmental Protection Agency
2001 anthrax attacks
2001 anthrax attacks
Tom Daschle