Chronology of Committee Work

Steroid Records Sought from Professional and Amateur Sports

Chairman Davis and Rep. Waxman ask the NBA, the NHL, Major League Soccer, the Association of Tennis Professionals, the U.S. Soccer Federation, USA Track and Field, and USA Cycling for information on their steroid testing policies.

HHS Urged to Block Interference on HPV Research

In light of recent letters sent to HHS from two Senators, two House members, and thirteen organizations, Reps. Waxman and Lee and urge the Department to block political interference with the public health experts working on the human papillomavirus.

GAO Asked to Assess Costs of President’s Social Security Tour

Rep. Waxman asks GAO to assess the costs of the President's "60 Stops in 60 Days" tour and related Administration efforts to rally political support for his Social Security proposals.

DOD Audits: Halliburton Overcharges Top $212 Million

In a letter to National Security Subcommittee Chairman Shays, Rep. Waxman details Defense Department audits that reveal that both the amount of Halliburton’s overcharges and the extent of the information withheld from the U.N. auditors are far greater than previously known.

Report Finds Radiation-Associated Cancer Rates Higher in Utah Counties Excluded from Compensation

A new Special Investigations Division report finds that radiation-associated cancer is more common in the Utah counties excluded from the federal Radiation Exposure Compensation Act than in counties where residents are currently eligible for compensation.

President Urged to Reject Pledge Requirements in HIV/AIDS Funding

Rep. Waxman asks the President to direct federal agencies not to condition the receipt of global AIDS or anti-trafficking funds by U.S.-based organizations on the signing of a pledge condemning prostitution.

Report: The Impact of Increased Gasoline Prices in the Buffalo and Rochester Areas

A new Special Investigations Division Report prepared at the request of Rep. Slaughter finds that the increase in gasoline prices could force motorists in the Buffalo and Rochester areas to pay almost $200 million more for gasoline in the spring and summer than they did over the same time period in 2003.

Rep. Waxman Requests Hearing on Pediatric Vaccine Stockpile

Rep. Waxman asks Chairman Davis to hold a committee hearing to examine the federal government’s failure to establish an adequate stockpile of vaccines that protect against diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, and other serious childhood diseases.

Committee Announces Hearing on NFL and Steroids

Chairman Davis and Waxman announce a hearing on the NFL’s drug policy and its effectiveness in reducing the use of prohibited drugs by players.

Waxman Amendment Would Reduce Dependence on Foreign Oil

| Rep. Waxman urges House colleagues to support an energy bill amendment that would require that the Administration reduce oil demand in the U.S. by 1,000,000 barrels per day by 2013.

IG Asked to Investigate Withholding of Terrorism Data

Rep. Waxman asks the State Department Inspector General to examine the decision of Secretary Rice to drop the data on the number of international terrorist attacks from the Department's annual report on patterns of global terrorism.

Withheld Data Shows 'Dramatic Up-tick' in Terrorist Attacks

The 2004 data dropped from the State Department's annual Patterns of Global Terrorism Report shows that global terror attacks were more than three times higher than the record levels set in 2003, with large increases in attacks occurring in Iraq, Afghanistan, India/Pakistan, and other regions.

Lead-Contaminated Candy Still for Sale in District of Columbia

Rep. Waxman, Congresswoman Norton, and Rep. Schakowsky write to the DC Department of Health about a brand of candy known to contain unsafe lead levels available for purchase in the District.

Committee Holds Hearing on NFL and Steroids

The Government Reform Committee holds a hearing examining the National Football League's steroids policy and its effectiveness in reducing the use of prohibited performance-enhancing drugs.

President's Social Security Statements Break Moral and Legal Commitment

The President's recent remarks that the Social Security trust funds are "empty promises" that the government "cannot keep" break a 70-year commitment to the American people that Social Security contributions will be held in trust, not diverted to pay for tax cuts and other government expenditures.

Multiple Reports Show 2004 Terrorism Increase

In a letter to Secretary of State Rice, Rep. Waxman questions why Administration officials are refusing to acknowledge a significant rise in worldwide terrorist attacks, despite new reports from the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, three independent organizations, and the Administration's own data.

Halliburton Asked to Explain Discrepancies Between Testimony and Indictment

| Rep. Waxman and Rep. Lynch write to Halliburton CEO David Lesar asking for an explanation of discrepancies between Halliburton's July 2004 testimony before the Committee regarding kickbacks taken by a Halliburton employee and an indictment recently handed down by a federal grand jury.

GAO Finds the Administration Violated Federal Law to Hire Private Interrogators

According to GAO, the Administration repeatedly violated federal procurement rules when it awarded this work to CACI International, Inc., to interrogate prisoners in Iraq.

Merck Documents Show Aggressive Marketing of Vioxx After Studies Indicated Risk

Rep. Waxman releases an analysis of over 20,000 pages of documents that suggests that Merck sent more than 3,000 highly trained representatives into doctor's offices and hospitals armed with misleading information about Vioxx's risks.

EPA Abandons Rule on Lead Poisoning from Home Renovations

Rep. Waxman, Sens. Boxer and Obama, and Reps. Towns and Lynch protest EPA's abandonment of regulations required by law to protect children from exposure to lead in renovated homes.

Rep. Waxman Introduces Legislation to Restore Transparency and Open Government Laws

Today Rep. Henry A. Waxman introduced legislation to reverse the Bush Administration’s assault on open government by restoring laws promoting transparency.

NFL Asked to Release Additional Testing Results

Chairman Davis and Rep. Waxman write NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue to request the results of the league's testosterone testing since 1995.

No Congressional Hearings to Date on DFI Abuses

At today's 13th congressional hearing into allegations regarding the U.N. Oil for Food program, Rep. Waxman noted that there have been no hearings on abuses in the Development Fund for Iraq, the successor to the Oil for Food program run by the Bush Administration, despite numerous critical reports by U.S. and other independent auditors and investigators.

Committee Holds Hearing on Steroids in the NBA

Today the Government Reform Committee holds a hearing on the National Basketball Association's steroid testing policy and its effectiveness in eliminating the use of performance enhancing drugs.

IAMB Audits Raise More Questions About the Administration's Management of the Development Fund for Iraq

On May 23, 2005, the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB) released several audits of the Oil for Food Program's successor, the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI). These audits suggest serious U.S. mismanagement of DFI funds, and have led Rep. Waxman to call for hearings looking into the matter.

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