Rep. Waxman wrote the Vice President asking that he disclose details about contacts between his energy task force and Enron Corp., in light of the company's recent financial collapse and press reports suggesting that Enron had extensive dealings with the task force.
Rep. Waxman writes the Vice President asking that he disclose details about contacts between his energy task force and Enron Corp., in light of the company’s recent financial collapse and press reports suggesting that Enron had extensive dealings with the task force.
Rep. Waxman criticized the Bush Administration for invoking executive privilege and withholding important documents from Congress.
Reps. Waxman and Matsui introduce legislation that will require the President's Commission on Social Security to keep their meetings open to the public.
Reps. Waxman and Dingell sent a letter to Secretary Thompson urging FDA to take action against web sites that sell Cipro and other antibiotics at inflated prices without valid prescriptions.
Rep. Waxman sent a letter to President Bush revealing that U.S. negotiators promoted 10 of 11 deletions to a global tobacco treaty urged by Philip Morris, the nation's largest cigarette manufacturer.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed weakening nursing home regulations, making it more difficult to cite nursing homes for widespread violations of standards which protect residents from abuse, restraints, pressure sores, and other problems. On November 16, Rep. Waxman and Sen. Charles Grassley sent CMS Administrator Thomas Scully a letter objecting to the Administration proposal.
Rep. Waxman and other members have recently sent a series of letters to the Postmaster General and other officials on steps to improve mail safety.
Rep. Waxman held a Special Investigations Briefing to discuss the value of mandatory inspections under the Biological Weapons Convention, particularly in the context of the September 11 terrorist attacks and the recent anthrax attacks.
Rep. Waxman sent a letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Pat Wood asking why he believed Texas should be exempt from controversial electricity transmission policies that Chairman Wood has proposed for the rest of the country.
At the request of Rep. Waxman, the Committee on Government Reform held a hearing on Holocaust-era insurance restitution and the work of the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims (ICHEIC).
In the course of the Committee's investigation, Reps. Waxman and Burton sent letters to several companies, organizations, and foundations requesting information relevant to the resolution of insurance claims of Holocaust victims.
Rep. Waxman participated in a press conference in which he criticized Attorney General John Ashcroft for refusing the FBI's requests to investigate the gun records of suspected terrorists.
Reps. Waxman and Schakowsky send a letter to President Bush calling on him to rescind his Executive Order that greatly restricts public access to Presidential records.
Rep. Waxman sent a letter to President Bush about the Administration's plans to reverse United States foreign policy and oppose negotiations to strengthen the Biological Weapons Convention.
The Committee held a hearing regarding the safety of U.S. postal employees and the mail.
Rep. Waxman released a report detailing the national problem of ambulance diversions and its implications for how well emergency rooms are prepared for possible terrorist attacks. By analyzing state and local articles published since January 2000, the report identified 22 states where hospital officials have declared they cannot safely accept emergency vehicles causing delays in patient care. These access problems have occurred under present conditions, demonstrating that additional attention to the emergency care system is needed to prepare fully for future challenges.
Reps. Burton, Waxman, Shays and Kucinich sent a letter to President Bush regarding the appointment of Governor Ridge to the new cabinet-level post of Director of Homeland Security.
The Violence Policy Center issued a new report, Voting From the Rooftops: How the Gun Industry Armed Osama bin Laden, Other Foreign and Domestic Terrorists, and Common Criminals with 50 Caliber Sniper Rifles. The report demonstrates the extraordinary dangers posed by long-range, fifty caliber sniper weapons.
Rep. Waxman sent letters to Secretary Powell and Governer Ridge urging a halt to the export of fifty caliber weapons to foreign nationals abroad.
Rep. Waxman released a statement regarding the airline industry relief legislation recently passed by Congress.
At the request of Rep. Henry A. Waxman, the General Accounting Office investigated the impact of voting equipment and the demographic characteristics of voters on the undercount in the 2000 presidential election. The report found that voters using punch-card machines had the highest percentage of uncounted ballots and that switching from punch-card machines to optical scan machines that allow voters to correct errors could prevent hundreds of thousands of uncounted ballots.
GAO reiterated that it remains "very concerned regarding the failure of the Vice President to provide the information that we requested" but added that "given our current national focus on combating terrorism and enhancing homeland security, this matter is not a current priority."
Rep. Waxman sent a letter with Reps. Dingell, Sherrod Brown, and DeGette requesting that President Bush complete an overdue study that examines the vulnerability of the nation's chemical facilities to terrorist attack.
Rep. Waxman and other members have also sent letters to other government officials and other groups asking for information about supplement use and the steps that have been taken to try to protect consumers.
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