The Clean Contracting Act passed the House of Representatives as part of the National Defense Authorization Act by a vote of 392 to 39. The Clean Contracting Act compiles important federal contracting reforms to protect taxpayers from waste, fraud, and abuse.
Chairman Henry A. Waxman introduced legislation to require that recipients of federal universal service fund subsidies open their telecommunications networks to roamers on just and reasonable terms.
Chairman Waxman released a statement about the Administration’s $700 billion proposal to rescue financial institutions.
Chairman Waxman and Ranking Member Davis issued a report on hospital-associated infections. This report summarizes the results of a staff survey of state hospital associations which shows that the majority of state hospital associations have not adopted a program which could save thousands of lives and billions of dollars.
Chairman Waxman wrote to Lehman Brothers and AIG to seek the communications of the CEOs and board members of the two companies over the last 180 days, as well as information about the compensation of the CEOs and board members.
Chairman Waxman wrote to the Department of the Interior Inspector General to request further information about the oil companies’ improper gifts to Mineral Management Service officials in Denver.
Chairman Waxman wrote to FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach to request answers to questions raised by internal FDA emails, which suggest that political appointees at the agency may be promoting industry priorities at the expense of FDA’s core public health mission.
The Committee will hold a hearing on September 24, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. to examine the implementation and enforcement of the Clean Water Act. To date, EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have failed to provide the Committee with important documents. Chairman Waxman invited both agencies to testify and requests that documents be provided prior to the hearing.
Update: This hearing has been canceled.
The Committee held a hearing titled, “The Domestic Epidemic is Worse than We Thought: A Wake-Up Call for HIV Prevention” on Tuesday, September 16, 2008, in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.
Chairman Waxman wrote to Ranking Members Davis and Issa responding to their letters about oversight of the Mineral Management Service.
As part of its ongoing investigation into executive pay, the Oversight Committee asked Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director James Lockhart to provide documents related to severance compensation and other exit pay for Richard F. Syron and Daniel H. Mudd, the former CEOs of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
The Committee held a business meeting to consider legislation to address gun laws in the District of Columbia, and various other matters, on Wednesday, September 10, 2008.
The Committee held a hearing titled, “Impact of Proposed Legislation on the District of Columbia’s Gun Laws” on Tuesday, September 9, 2008, in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.
Chairman Waxman issued a subpoena to compel the EPA to provide documents relating to the agency’s faltering enforcement of the Clean Water Act.
Defense Department officials notified Committee staff that Secretary Gates has agreed to comply with the Committee’s subpoena and make Dr. Kaye Whitley available to testify.
In a letter to EPA, Chairman Waxman reiterates and expands his request for information on the costs of EPA’s numerous losses in court, which include taxpayer dollars wasted and delays in public health and environmental protections.
The Committee will hold a hearing in September to consider the implications of new HIV incidence numbers announced by the Centers for Disease Control.
In a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers, Chairman Waxman and Chairman Oberstar requested information about whether the Corps is undermining the Clean Water Act with recent decisions affecting the Los Angeles River and Santa Cruz River.
In response to Chairman Waxman’s inquiry, EPA provided analyses EPA had conducted of reductions that would be necessary from the transportation sector to meet a range of global warming goals.
Chairman Waxman sent letters seeking additional information about documents withheld from the Committee under claims of executive privilege by President Bush, including documents relating to whether the White House complied with the Clean Air Act on important environmental decisions and documents relating to the outing of covert CIA official Valerie Plame Wilson.
On August 2, 2008, Chairman Waxman delivered the Democratic Radio Address. In his address, Chairman Waxman discussed critical legislation passed by the House this week that addresses the health and safety of America’s children.
Chairman Henry A. Waxman released the following statement today upon the release of new Centers for Disease Control (CDC) HIV incidence numbers.
In a letter to EPA Administrator Johnson, Chairman Waxman and Chairman Oberstar requested that documents regarding EPA’s faltering enforcement of the Clean Water Act be provided to the Committees by August 14, 2008.
Chairman Henry A. Waxman released a statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency issuance of an air permit for the Desert Rock Energy Facility, a new coal-fired power plant.
In response to Chairman Waxman’s inquiry, EPA reveals that its proposed rule to weaken the Clean Air Act new source review requirements for power plants could allow power plants to increase their CO2 emissions by up to 74 million tons per year, which is roughly equivalent to the total annual CO2 emissions of about 14 average coal-fired power plants.
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