Chronology of Committee Work

Waxman and Davis Question New NHL Drug Policy

In a letter to NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and players representative Robert Goodenow, Chairman Davis and Ranking Member Waxman raise questions about the NHL’s new steroid policy.

Energy Bill (H.R. 6) Fails Americans in Four Fundamental Areas

Reps. Waxman, Markey, Solis and Capps release a report examining how H.R. 6 undermines national security, harms the environment, wastes tax dollars, and costs the American consumer.

Permanent Estate Tax Repeal Would Save President, Cabinet Millions of Dollars

Rep. Waxman releases a fact sheet showing that a permanent estate tax repeal would favor the President, Vice President, and 11 cabinet members, saving them as much as $344 million dollars total.

Former Intelligence Officials Testify About Damage Caused by Outing of Covert CIA Agent

| At a hearing co-chaired by Rep. Waxman and Senator Byron Dorgan, several former intelligence officials testify about the damage to national security caused by the White House outing of covert CIA official Valerie Plame Wilson.

House and Senate Democratic Panels to Hold Oversight Hearing on Consequences of Disclosing Covert Intelligence Identities

Rep. Waxman and Sen. Dorgan will co-chair a joint hearing at 10:00 a.m., Friday, July 22, to examine the national security implications of disclosing the identity of a covert intelligence officer. The panel of witnesses will include former intelligence officers.

Questions Raised about Halliburton’s Attempt to Disrupt Essential Fuel Delivery to Iraq

Rep. Waxman and Sens. Dorgan and Lautenberg request that Defense Secretary Rumsfeld investigate Halliburton’s efforts to prevent an American contractor from delivering fuel from Kuwait to Iraq just two weeks after the contractor testified before Congress about Halliburton’s excessive fuel charges and lack of infrastructure work.

Energy Bill Fact Sheets

As the energy bill conferees from the House and the Senate meet in coming weeks to discuss the House and Senate versions of H.R. 6, they’ll be making decisions about with serious implications for this and future generations. In order to broaden the dialogue on these important energy issues, Rep. Waxman will be releasing one fact sheet daily, examining one of the many issues the conferees are expected to consider.

Energy Bill Would Preempt States and Localities

Rep. Waxman releases a report examining how the pending energy legislation would take away authority and funds from state and local governments, further concentrating power in Washington, D.C.

New Bush Statement on Rove Conflicts with Executive Order

Rep. Waxman explains that the President's responsibility under E.O. 12958 to protect national security secrets requires the President to act before Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald completes his criminal investigation and to apply different standards and sanctions.

Karl Rove’s Nondisclosure Agreement

A fact sheet released by Rep. Waxman explains that the nondisclosure agreement signed by Karl Rove prohibited Mr. Rove from confirming the identity of covert CIA agent Valerie Wilson to reporters. Under the nondisclosure agreement and the applicable executive order, even “negligent” disclosures to reporters are grounds for revocation of a security clearance or dismissal.

Reps. Waxman, Holt, and Inslee Move to Force Administration to Provide Information about Plame Outing

Reps. Waxman, Holt, and Inslee introduce a resolution of inquiry to require the Bush Administration to provide information about who revealed the identity of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson.

Rep. Waxman Questions the Post-Leak Actions of the White House in the Rove Case

Rep. Waxman writes to White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card to ask whether the White House complied with Executive Order 12958, which require an internal investigation and the implementation of remedial measures, after the White House learned about the outing of covert CIA agent Valerie Wilson.

Experts: HHS Teen Health Website Inaccurate and Misleading

Update: In response to the expert reviews commissioned by Rep. Waxman, the Senate Appropriations Committee directed HHS to review the website, correct erroneous content, and to include more information about risks associated with alcohol and tobacco use.

Rep. Waxman Calls for Hearing on Rove's Role in Plame Outing

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In light of mounting evidence that Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove may have been involved in the outing of a covert CIA agent, Rep. Waxman once again called for Chairman Davis to hold a hearing to investigate whether White House officials breached national security law by disclosing the agent's identity. In on a one-minute speech on the House floor, Rep. Waxman cited former-President Bush's statement that those who expose the identity of such agents are "the most insidious of traitors."

CAFTA Hinders Developing Nations' Access to Needed Medicines

Rep. Waxman releases a report detailing how CAFTA and other Bush Administration trade agreements are impeding the rights of developing nations to acquire essential medicines at affordable prices.

Rep. Waxman Questions Treatment of Climate Scientists

Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton has opened an investigation into prominent experts on global warming, an effort that Rep. Waxman writes "some may interpret ... as a transparent effort to bully and harass" the scientists.

Rep. Waxman Calls for Investigation of DHS Contracting

Rep. Waxman writes to Chairman Davis asking for an investigation into reports of waste, fraud, and abuse in Department of Homeland Security contracts.

Legislation Makes Clear Federal Employees Are Protected From Anti-Gay Discrimination

Rep. Waxman, with nine other lead cosponsors, introduces legislation to reaffirm that federal employees are protected from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and to repudiate any assertion to the contrary.

Jeffords, Sarbanes, Norton and Waxman Introduce Lead-Free Drinking Water Act

Sens. Jim Jeffords and Paul Sarbanes and Reps. Eleanor Holmes Norton and Henry A. Waxman introduce legislation to overhaul and strengthen the federal rules governing lead testing and standards in the nation's public water systems.

New EPA Proposal Encourages Human Pesticide Experiments

Reps. Waxman and Solis, along with Sen. Boxer, release an analysis of the new draft EPA rule, slated for proposal next month, would allow the systematic testing of pesticides on humans. The proposed rule fails to adopt key recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences and EPA's own advisory committee, and it includes loopholes that invite abuse.

Disabled Veterans Tax

Over 160 Democrats have cosponsored the New G.I. Bill of Rights for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 2131). This legislation would, on January 1, 2006, eliminate the Disabled Veterans Tax for all retired veterans with at least 20 years of service. Passage of H.R. 2131 would result in a rapid increase in benefits for hundreds of thousands of veterans.

Veterans Healthcare

President Bush's budget plan would have a dramatic impact on veterans. According to Bush Administration estimates, they will force over one million veterans, almost half of the Priority 7 and Priority 8 veterans, to drop out of the VA healthcare system. And veterans who remain in the VA healthcare system will be forced to pay hundreds of dollars annually in new costs.

Halliburton's Questioned and Unsupported Costs in Iraq Exceed $1.4 Billion

Rep. Waxman and Sen. Dorgan release a new report, prepared jointly by the minority staff of the House Government Reform Committee and the staff of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee, that is the first comprehensive assessment of the magnitude of Halliburton's unreasonable billings in Iraq.

Rep. Waxman Asks Rice to Support Evidence-based Needle Exchange

In a letter to Secretary Rice, Rep. Waxman asks her to stop efforts to remove references to needle exchange programs from an important UN document on HIV prevention.

Rep. Waxman's Statement on the United States' Second Confirmed Case of Mad Cow Disease

Rep. Waxman comments on the second case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in the United States.

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