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.
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.
Rep. Waxman writes to Chairman Davis asking for an investigation into reports of waste, fraud, and abuse in Department of Homeland Security contracts.
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 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.
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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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
| 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.
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.
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.
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.
Rep. Waxman writes that after the energy legislation was closed to further amendment in the recently concluded conference, a $1.5 billion provision benefiting oil and gas companies, Halliburton, and Sugar Land, Texas, was mysteriously inserted in the text.
Rep. Waxman releases a fact sheet summarizing a new GAO report on private security contractors working in Iraq. The report finds high costs for taxpayers (up to $33,000 per month per security guard), cancelled reconstruction projects, routine friendly fire incidents, and inadequate government oversight.
Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Rep. Sherrod Brown, and Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard introduce legislation establishing a program to provide access to recommended vaccines for uninsured and underinsured adults.
Rep. Waxman writes a follow-up letter to Speaker Hastert clarifying the process that led to the insertion of a $1.5 billion fund for awards to oil and gas companies in the energy bill and restating his objections to the provision.
Rep. Waxman writes to Chairman Davis to renew his request for hearings into reports of excessive charges under Department of Homeland Security contracts.
Statement of Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Ranking Member, Committee on Government Reform, on the Suspension of Rafael Palmeiro from Major League Baseball
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