In a subcommittee hearing on women's gynecologic cancers, Rep. Waxman discusses the dangers of HPV.
Rep. Waxman asks Sens. Specter and Leahy to question Supreme Court Nominee John G. Roberts about his role advising President Reagan not to provide the best scientific information to the public during a time of fear and panic over whether children with AIDS should go to school.
Rep. Waxman and Sens. Dorgan and Lautenberg write to Secretary Rumsfeld to request an investigation into the demotion of high-ranking Army Corps of Engineer official Bunnatine Greenhouse who publicly criticized the Pentagon's awarding of a no-bid contract to Halliburton.
In a letter to the Defense Department Inspector General, Rep. Waxman again calls for an independent investigation into allegations that U.S. interrogators at Guantanamo Bay made anti-Semitic remarks to detainees about their attorneys.
Reps. Waxman and Davis release a statement on the ongoing review of documents related to Rafael Palmeiro's positive drug test and suspension from Major League Baseball.
Reps. Waxman and Davis release a statement on their receipt of documents related to Rafael Palmeiro's positive drug test and suspension.
Rep. Waxman writes to HHS Secretary Michael O. Leavitt asking why the nation's leading cause of preventable death--tobacco--is missing from his "500-day plan," which "provides direction to the daily leadership and management of the Department.”
Chairman Davis and Ranking Member Waxman request documents from Major League Baseball related to Rafael Palmeiro's positive drug test and suspension.
Rep. Waxman writes FDA about a new study that finds consistent condom use significantly reduces the risk of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in women. In recent months, FDA has been under pressure from Republican members of Congress to require warnings that condoms do not protect against HPV.
In a new report, GAO finds that despite the spending of billions of taxpayer dollars on reconstruction efforts, oil and electricity production in Iraq has fallen below pre-war levels.
Statement of Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Ranking Member, Committee on Government Reform, on the Suspension of Rafael Palmeiro from Major League Baseball
Rep. Waxman writes to Chairman Davis to renew his request for hearings into reports of excessive charges under Department of Homeland Security contracts.
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. 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 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. 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.
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.
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.
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.
| 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 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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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