Chronology of Committee Work

Colored Contact Lenses Available Online, No Prescription Needed

In an investigation requested by Reps. Waxman and Boozman, staff ordered contact lenses with green dollar signs without any prescription.

Questions on Administration's Supplemental Request for Iraq Oil Reconstruction Funds

Reps. Waxman and Dingell raise questions about the Administration's $2.1 billion request for additional Iraq oil reconstruction funds. The new request more than doubles previous cost estimates and was apparently prepared without consultation with the Army Corps of Engineers, the agency in charge of Iraqi oil reconstruction.

GAO Study Shows Prescription Drug Cards Fail to Provide Meaningful Savings to Seniors

Reps. Waxman, Stark, Brown and Ross release a GAO study showing prescription drug discount cards produce only minimal savings at best.

Questions on Administration's Use of Executive Privilege

In a letter to White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales, Rep. Waxman questions the Executive Branch's apparently inconsistent and selective use of executive privilege to prevent disclosure of information related to pardons issued by President Clinton.

GAO Releases Final Report on Cheney Energy Task Force

Reps. Waxman and Dingell and Sens. Lieberman, Hollings, Levin, and Dorgan release GAO's final energy task force report which details the refusal of the White House to provide even basic information on the task force's operations.

Proposed EPA Rule Change Exempts Older Facilities from Clean Air Standards

In a letter to EPA, Senators Edwards, Lieberman, and Jeffords and Reps. Waxman, Markey, Allen, Capps, and Schakowsky object to a proposed EPA rule change that would allow existing power plants to make significant changes to their operations without having to comply with current environmental standards.

HHS Asked to Explain HIV/AIDS Prevention Program Audits

Rep. Waxman asks Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson to explain what appears to be selective audits on government-funded HIV/AIDS prevention programs.

New Policy Requires Additional Layer of Review for HIV/AIDS Prevention Efforts

In a letter to HHS Secretary Thompson, Democratic Leader Pelosi, Democratic Whip Hoyer, and Rep. Waxman urge the Secretary to reconsider a new CDC policy that requires HIV/AIDS prevention efforts to undergo an additional layer of review prior to distribution, changes which threaten to increase the burden on state and local health departments at a time when public health budgets are strained.

More Questions for NSA Rice on Iraq Nuclear Claims

Rep. Waxman asks National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice to answer questions about the extent of her knowledge of Iraq nuclear claims, whether there were White House efforts to mislead the public, and how the discredited uranium claim got into the National Intelligence Estimate.

Distribution of Smokeless Tobacco Appears to Violate Navy Policy

Rep. Waxman writes the Acting Secretary of the Navy on U.S. Smokeless Tobacco's recent distribution of free samples to Marines serving in Iraq in what appears to be a blatant violation of Marine Corps policy.

California's Raw Oyster Regulation Saves Lives

Senator Boxer and Rep. Waxman urge the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference not to sanction California for its recent emergency regulation that protects consumers from potentially deadly raw Gulf Coast oysters.

Head Start at Risk; Program Serves 33,000 Children in LA Area

A new report prepared for Reps. Waxman, Becerra, Sanchez, and other members from Los Angeles examines the proposed overhaul of Head Start and its impact in Los Angeles. Head Start provides early education, health care and other services to over 33,000 children in Los Angeles. Proposals by the Bush Administration and Republican leaders in the House could turn the program into a state block grant and place these services at risk.

Source of State Department Fact Sheet May Shed Light on Nuclear Evidence Controversy

In a letter to Secretary of State Colin Powell, Rep. Waxman asks who was responsible for adding a fabricated claim about Iraq's attempts to procure uranium from Niger to a 2002 State Department Fact Sheet.

Intelligence Committee Should Hold Immediate Public Hearings on Forged Nuclear Evidence

In a 12-page letter, Rep. Waxman calls on the House Intelligence Committee to hold immediate public hearings on the President's use of bogus nuclear evidence in the State of the Union address. The letter details the many unanswered questions that Congress needs to address.

IAEA Letter Raises New Questions about Administration Use of Forged Iraqi Evidence

New information from the International Atomic Energy Agency reveals that for over six crucial weeks in December and January the Administration withheld from the international agency important information about Iraq’s purported attempts to obtain nuclear materials.

Letter Questions USDA Promotion of Tobacco Trade

Senator Durbin and Rep. Waxman write to the Department of Agriculture regarding a new GAO report that finds that the Foreign Agricultural Service has analyzed the potential opportunities foreign tobacco markets, including the market for "younger smokers," offer U.S. tobacco companies and participated in negotiations that led to the elimination of tobacco tariffs. These actions appear to violate the law that prohibits the Foreign Agricultural Service from promoting the sale and export of tobacco products.

FTC Asked to Address Youth Targeting and Industry Self-Regulation in Alcohol Advertising

Rep. Waxman and eight other members of Congress ask that the FTC, in its upcoming report on youth exposure to alcohol advertising, address new evidence on whether children and teenagers are disproportionately exposed to alcohol advertisements and whether current alcohol industry self-regulation on the targeting of underage consumers is proving sufficient.

HHS Asked for List of Unapproved Prescription Drugs; FDS Urged to Regulate Cystic Fibrosis Medications

In a follow-up letter, Rep. Waxman asks HHS Secretary Thompson for a complete list of marketed prescription drugs that do not have FDA approval as well as those that in the past lacked FDA approval and were subsequently either approved or taken off the market. Rep. Waxman also urges Secretary Thompson to instruct the FDA to require approval of the pancreatic enzyme drugs used by patients with cystic fibrosis.

Army Corps Questioned on Plans to Mortgage Iraq Oil to Fund Reconstruction

The Administration is considering a plan to mortgage future Iraqi oil revenue to pay the expenses of U.S. contractors, such as Halliburton and Bechtel, now operating in Iraq -- despite past Administration claims that Iraq's oil "belongs to the Iraqi people."

Supreme Court Strikes Down Law Compelling Release of Policy Information

The Supreme Court struck down a California law that would have required insurance companies to release information on Holocaust-era insurance policies.

Questions on DOE Reimbursement of Contractor's Legal Costs

Rep. Waxman writes Energy Secretary Abraham to request information on the Department's policies for reimbursing DOE contractors for legal defense costs, particularly those of Lockheed Martin in the ongoing whistle-blower lawsuits involving a plant in Paducah, Kentucky.

Smokeless Tobacco "Gift" Puts Profits Before Welfare of U.S. Troops

U.S. Smokeless Tobacco's recent distribution of free samples to Marines serving in Iraq is irresponsible in its disregard for the health of American servicemen and women and is an apparent violation of Marine Corps policy.

New Questions on President's Use of Forged Nuclear Evidence

The Administration's new account of why the President cited forged evidence about Iraq's nuclear capabilities in his State of the Union conflicts with known facts and is clearly incomplete.

President Urged to Reverse Decision to Fund Anthrax Vaccine with Resources Devoted to HIV/AIDS, Other Health Threats

Senator Bingaman and Rep. Waxman urge President Bush to reverse the decision to fund the development of a new anthrax vaccine by robbing funds currently devoted to finding cures for HIV/AIDS, West Nile Virus, SARS, and other serious public health threats.

Administration Statements on Iraq Nuclear Evidence Contradict Known Facts, Raise New Questions

In a letter to National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, Rep. Waxman details contradictions in recent Administration statements about the President's use of forged nuclear evidence in the State of the Union address and urges full disclosure of the relevant facts. * Typographical errors corrected (June 11, 2003).

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