Rep. Henry Waxman

Democrat  •  30th District, California  •  18th Term  •  Sworn In 1975
Current Term 2009 - 2010 View All
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02/06/07
Holding contractors accountable

Democratic congressman Henry Waxman says he wants to know why 70 audits have revealed missing money. HENRY WAXMAN: Anywhere from $8 to $20 billion was ...

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02/06/07
Democrats determined to see ‘biogeneric’ bill through

06/02/2007 - US Democrats spearheaded by Henry Waxman intend to re-table a stalled piece of legislation that would allow US Food and Drug Administration ...

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02/07/07
CHAIRED BY: REP. HENRY WAXMAN (D-CA)

WAXMAN: (Sounds gavel.) The meeting of the committee will please come to order. Today's hearing launches our committee's investigation of waste, ...

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02/07/07
The missing billions...

But that's exactly what our government did," Representative Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, said during a ...

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02/07/07
Democrats Forgot How to be ‘Ferocious’

Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), newly installed as chairman of the committee, was to flex his new oversight muscles by summoning Bremer to account for his actions ...

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02/07/07
Wash Post: Democrats Forgot How to be 'Ferocious'

Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), newly installed as chairman of the committee, was to flex his new oversight muscles by summoning Bremer to account for his actions ...

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02/07/07
Purple Line One Step Closer to the Sea

HR 238, sponsored by Congressman Henry Waxman and passed on a voice vote in the House of Representatives today, repeals a previous action by Congress that ...

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02/08/07
Ex-Iraq Occupation Chief Paul Bremer Questioned on Oversight ...

The committee’s chair Henry Waxman questioned Paul Bremer, former Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority. * Rep. Henry Waxman, questioning ...

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02/08/07
$12b in cash sent to Iraq vanishes

Its chairman, Henry Waxman, a fierce critic of the war, said the way the cash had been handled was mind-boggling. "The numbers are so large that it doesn't ...

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02/08/07
Democrats Forgot How to be 'Ferocious'

Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), newly installed as chairman of the committee, was to flex his new oversight muscles by summoning Bremer to account for his actions ...

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02/08/07
Iraq Defense Contracting Gets Slammed in Hearing (As if We Needed ...

Henry Waxman yesterday exposed even more waste and corruption than previously suspected, particularly surrounding the leading contractor and war-profiteer, ...

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02/08/07
Government Contracts in the War in Iraq

Congressman Henry Waxman has been holding hearings looking into waste, fraud, and abuse in government contracts. We speak with reporter Rajiv Chandrasekaran ...

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02/08/07
"I Was Shocked at the Ignorance and Rudeness of the Members of ...

Henry Waxman's hearing on private military contractors on February 7. He wasn't very impressed -- with Rep. Waxman and his colleagues, that is. Dear Amy, ...

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02/08/07
US Congress incredulous at $4bn cash sent to Iraq on pallets

The notes were loaded on to military aircraft in the largest cash shipments ever made by the Federal Reserve, said Representative Henry Waxman, the chairman ...

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02/08/07
War Profiteering Exposed To The Light Of Day

Congressman Henry Waxman (D. CA) is now chairing the House Oversight Committee, and at long last, this parade of administration-encouraged war profiteering ...

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02/08/07
Waxman Sees Potential Coverup in Ship Contract

Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said the December 2005 report included "bottom-line" warnings ...

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02/08/07
Iraq contractor focus of hearing

Henry A. Waxman's congressional panel heard accusations yesterday of "war profiteering" leveled against military contractor Blackwater USA by the families ...

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02/09/07
NY Times Covers Edwards' Hateful Bloggers, But Adds Lame Charges ...

Last November, while employed by Mr. McCain's campaign, Mr. Hynes posted on his personal blog a picture of Representative Henry A. Waxman, ...

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02/09/07
Nader has withered; Gore has grown

Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has begun to investigate fraud in the multibillion dollar reconstruction ...

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02/09/07
Rep. Waxman Sees Potential Coverup In Coast Guard Ship Contract

Henry A. Waxman (D-California), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said the December 2005 report included "bottom-line" ...

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02/09/07
Congress poised to regulate tobacco

Henry A. Waxman, D-Calif., and Virginia Rep. Thomas Davis III, R-11th, urged colleagues in a letter circulated yesterday to join in co-sponsoring their ...

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02/10/07
Oversight hearings rankle Republicans

Henry A. Waxman's oversight committee spent the week delving into government waste that ranged from spending in Iraq to federal drug program pricing ...

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02/10/07
Iraq: Dollars by the brick

Henry Waxman to L. Paul Bremer, the former Iraq occupation administrator, certainly raised eyebrows. "Who in their right minds would send 360 tons of cash ...

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02/10/07
Drug fraud cases clog the system

Henry Waxman, a California Democrat, asked why the government doesn’t move faster to recoup taxpayer money. Tenpas said that his office lacked lawyers and ...

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02/10/07
Daily Show slams Bremer for $12 billion in lost cash

Said Democrat Henry Waxman (D-CA) of the US effort to send so much money to Iraq, "To do that, the Federal Reserve Bank had to pack 281 million individual ...

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02/10/07
Feds face backlog of prescription drug fraud cases

But when asked by House Committee on Oversight Chairman Henry Waxman why the government doesn't move faster on these cases to recoup even more taxpayer ...

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02/11/07
Where did all the millions go?

Henry Waxman, D-Calif., opened hearings on government contracting in Iraq and revealed some eye-popping details of a post-war environment awash in $100 ...

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02/12/07
White House pressures scientists to downplay global warming

Henry Waxman, D-Calif., said Cooney — who now works for ExxonMobil — had "imposed his own views on the reports scientists had submitted to the White House. ...

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02/12/07
Rep. Waxman To Investigate Profits of Medicare Prescription Drug ...

Committee Chair Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) also on Friday said that he planned to send a letter to the Medicare program and to insurers that offer Medicare ...

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02/12/07
CQ 's Carey Discusses President Bush's FY 2008 Budget, Mental ...

Henry Waxman's (D-Calif.) hearings on prescription drug pricing oversight in this week's "Health on the Hill from kaisernetwork.org and CQ . ...

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Official website: http://www.house.gov/waxman/
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2204 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-3976
Fax: 202-225-4099

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