In light of recent reports that top NIH scientists received consulting payments worth hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars from drug manufacturers with an interest in their work, Reps. Waxman and Sherrod Brown write ten large pharmaceutical manufacturers – Merck, Johnson & Johnson, Wyeth, Schering-Plough, Pfizer, Bristol-MyersSquibb, Eli Lilly, Abbott, Amgen, and Allergan – to request information on their financial arrangements with NIH scientists.
Forty eight members of Congress write FDA about the delay in the consideration of the application for over-the-counter status for the emergency contraception drug Plan B.
Reps. Waxman and Putnam urge USDA Secretary Veneman to support a pilot program to promote the consumption of fruits and vegetables in the upcoming reauthorization of the Federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Woman, Infants, and Children.
Rep. Waxman, along with Sens. Lieberman, Levin, Akaka, Durbin, and Reps. Skelton and Danny Davis, express serious concerns about an initial proposal for a new Defense Department labor relations system that effectively eliminates collective bargaining and makes changes to internal union procedures which have no relation to the Department’s national security mission.
Reps. Waxman and Sherrod Brown write HHS Secretary Thompson, OMB Director Bolten, and White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales about reports that a pharmaceutical benefits management company CEO may have helped write provisions of the recent Medicare law that govern the prescription drug card program.
Reps. Waxman and Dingell ask the DOD IG to investigate the December 19 waiver given by the Corps of Engineers to Halliburton, citing new evidence that this unusual waiver -- which relieved Halliburton of its obligation to provide data to justify its high gasoline prices -- may have been awarded on false premises.
Rep. Waxman urges Governor Schwarzenegger to maintain a life-saving ban on the summer sale of raw Gulf Coast Oysters.
Rep. Waxman asks about recent reports that the Secret Service waited six days to inform the U.S. Postal Service about the discovery of a ricin-contaminated letter addressed to the White House.
Reps. Waxman and Tom Davis release eyewitness statements that the cow infected with BSE was not a “downer” cow, as has been claimed – calling into question USDA’s surveillance program for mad cow disease and the agency's credibility.
Two Kuwait-based former employees report that Halliburton systematically overpaid for goods and services and then passed these overcharges on to the U.S. taxpayer.
Reps. Waxman and Allen ask for information on reports that portions of the latest air pollution control proposal may have been copied directly from industry lobbyist memos.
Rep. Waxman asks about the Justice Department's role in evacuating members of the bin Laden family and other Saudi citizens in the aftermath of September 11, 2001.
Reps. Waxman and Conyers ask the President about reports that many White House officials are refusing to cooperate with the Justice Department's criminal investigation into the leak of the identity of a covert CIA operative.
Stimulants sold as ephedra substitutes, not addressed by the pending FDA ban, may have adverse effects comparable to those of ephedra.
Eight members call on the Administration to ensure that a new CDC initiative will not leave thousands of Americans with an HIV diagnosis but without access to life saving drugs.
Reps. Waxman and Tierney write Subcommittee on Energy Policy Chairman Ose on proposed legislation that would elevate the Environmental Protection Agency to cabinet-level status and makes significant changes to EPA's mission, structure, and authorities.
Ranking Members Waxman, Rangel, and Dingell ask HHS to release cost estimates prepared by the Administration during congressional consideration of the Medicare prescription drug legislation.
Rep. Pelosi, Sen. Daschle, Sen. Rockefeller, Rep. Waxman, and Sen. Lieberman urge the President to support a congressionally appointed commission to examine the intelligence used to justify the war in Iraq.
Justice Scalia's refusal to recuse himself in the upcoming case involving Vice President Cheney's energy task force appears to conflict with the standard set in a 1996 case in which a federal judge was removed because of a friendship with former President Clinton.
Reps. Waxman, Clay, and Gephardt ask the Defense Department Inspector General to investigate whether a Republican state senator in Missouri who is also a member of the Missouri National Guard received special treatment from the Department of Defense.
The new report prepared at the request of Rep. Waxman finds that FDA enforcement of provisions barring false and misleading advertisements has continued to decline.
Rep. Waxman and Chairman Davis write HHS to express concerns about the reorganization plan for the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service that appears to ignore valuable input from public health leaders and threaten the effectiveness of our nation's science-based agencies.
House Democratic Leader Pelosi, Senate Democratic Leader Daschle, and Ranking Members Waxman, Lieberman, Rockefeller, and Conyers today request a GAO investigation into whether the White House complied with internal security procedures for protecting covert CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity from disclosure and responding to the leak after it occurred.
Rep. Waxman reveals that the Administration may have been informed of the kickbacks to Halliburton officials before awarding the company a new billion-dollar contract last week and calls for a congressional investigation of this and other issues related to Iraq reconstruction.
Reps. Waxman, Dingell, and Sherrod Brown ask GAO for an investigation into recent allegations that top NIH scientists received consulting payments, worth hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars, from pharmaceutical manufacturers with an interest in their work.
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