Rep. Henry Waxman

Democrat  •  30th District, California  •  18th Term  •  Sworn In 1975
Current Term 2009 - 2010 View All
  • Votes with party 98%
  • Abstains: 4%

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10/15/09
RE: Henry Waxman

Talks with Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) produced the "negotiated rates" compromise. Ross signed on with three other Blue Dogs, and the committee voted ...

Source: The Hill
10/14/09
Waxman Scrutinizes Traffic Pumping After Google Voice Inquiry

Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and other key House lawmakers have sent letters to the CEOs of top telecom firms, launching a review ...

Source: Washington Post (blog)
10/14/09
Researchers Urge Quicker Approval for Biosimilars

Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), who favors five years, argue that 12 years is too long for patients to wait for cheaper versions of ...

Source: MedPage Today
10/14/09
Prairie State Officials Say Emissions Restrictions Would Increase Costs for ...

Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., is an attempt to make changes to a similar bill sponsored by Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and Edward Markey, D-Mass., ...

Source: istockAnalyst.com (press release)
10/14/09
Will Democrats Keep Campaign Promises, or Committee Chairs?

Early signs—such as when Rep. Henry Waxman unseated, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's tacit approval, Rep. John Dingell as chairman of the Energy and ...

Source: Newsweek
10/14/09
House Subcommittee Passes Bill To Fund AIDS Treatment

... our nation's most vulnerable populations would not receive the care and treatment they need and rightfully deserve," said Rep. Henry Waxman, D.-Calif. ...

Source: Wall Street Journal
10/13/09
EPA Document Creates Crossfire Between Midwestern Utilities and Enviros

Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.). At the same time, Lashof said the document might be EPA's way of saying "it's nervous about the ...

Source: New York Times
10/13/09
House: Our Health Bill Is Almost Here

Y.; Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman, D-Calif.; and Education and Labor Chairman George Miller, D-Calif. The House "Tri-Committee" team says it is ...

Source: National Underwriter Life and Health Insurance News
10/13/09
Glossary of Key Climate Change Terms

The bill's sponsors were Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Edward Markey (D-MA). Annex A – The list of six greenhouse gases addressed by the Kyoto ...

Source: Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
10/13/09
RE: Henry Waxman

... what a motivated terrorist group could do with access to a facility containing large quantities of lethal substances," said Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif. ...

Source: The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com
10/13/09
Festival of links, part 2: Coates, Kaplan, Green

My Atlantic colleague Josh Green, co-author with Henry Waxman of The Waxman Report, adds this about the disagreement over calorie labeling I mentioned ...

Source: Atlantic Online
10/13/09
RE: Henry Waxman

"I'm pleased they passed a bill," said House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA), one of the chief architects of the House health ...

Source: FOXNews
10/13/09
RE: Henry Waxman

Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) Passed June 26, 2009. In 2006, Graham cosponsored a bill with Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del. ...

Source: Energy Collective (blog)
10/13/09
RE: Henry Waxman

"I'm pleased they passed a bill," said House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA), one of the chief architects of the House health ...

Source: FOXNews
10/13/09
Biblical Perspectives on Our World: Potpourri of Articles Which Tell the Truth

...cost the government more money. Even so, the quiet war Democrats are waging on specialists is astonishing.”  “Rep. Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and his colleague Bart Stupak are openly engaged in a campaign of

Source: Town Hall
10/13/09
House Communications Subcommittee Plans Video Competition Hearing: Sources

...group, said one source. The committee is chaired by Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va), but staffers of Energy & Commerce Committee chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) were also said to be particularly interested in collecting string on the subject. Spokesfolk for W

10/13/09
Rep. Henry Waxman, veteran Democratic leader in Congress

Nov. 20, 2008: Democrats oust Rep. John Dingell, choosing Waxman to chair the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Source: Reading Eagle
10/13/09
Health care bill might not cover 17 million

...that's a pretty good start. ... Senator Kennedy was a great advocate of the idea that you do the best that you can." Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., the House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman and a leading author of the House Democratic health care b

Source: Kentucky.com
10/13/09
RE: Henry Waxman

"I'm pleased they passed a bill," said House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA), one of the chief architects of the House health ...

Source: FOXNews
10/12/09
The desperate defense of Obamacare

I have in mind the likes of Chuck Shumer and Henry Waxman among the Democrat politicians and some of the Republicans who border on authoritarianism. ...

Source: Desert Dispatch
10/12/09
Pro-Life Democrat Promises No Health Care Bill if Pelosi Blocks Abortion Vote

Meanwhile, pro-life advocates are concerned about a possible amendment from pro-abortion Rep. Henry Waxman of California that would claim to ban abortion ...

Source: LifeNews.com
10/12/09
Man on emission

Named after the two Democratic congressmen who introduced it, Henry Waxman and Edward Markey, the bill passed through the US House of Representatives on a ...

Source: The Australian
10/12/09
Flu tests patchwork health system

The good news is that there's a provision in the House version of the health-care reform bill, written by Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., that would fix much ...

Source: Louisville Courier-Journal
10/12/09
RE: Henry Waxman

"But that's a pretty good start. … Senator Kennedy was a great advocate of the idea that you do the best that you can." Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif. ...

Source: Chicago Tribune
10/12/09
Local Community Radio Act passes House Subcommittee

The Local Community Radio Act will now move to the full Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by longtime LPFM supporter Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA).

Source: Radio magazine (press release)
10/12/09
RE: Henry Waxman

The American Clean Energy and Security Act, ACES, brought forth by Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) was passed by the House in ...

Source: CNBC
10/12/09
The Facebook Global Happiness Index

Last week Congressman Henry Waxman revealed the White House had failed to preserve emails for at least 473 days. In addition, Vice President Cheney's office ...

Source: KRDO
10/12/09
Swine flu pandemic tests patchwork health system

...ailments. The good news is that there's a provision in the House version of the health-care reform bill, written by Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., that would fix much of the problem. Now, state and local public health departments get federal grants only f

Source: Juneau Empire
10/12/09
House Dems Seek Health Bill Support From Liberals, Women, And Even Republicans

...are enjoying a feeling of momentum on health care, despite divisions within their own party, and rigid partisan battle lines. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., the chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, told The Hill, "I'm encouraged that we're as fa

10/11/09
Health-Care Plan Future Rests on Snowe, Democrats

“We are much closer than we've ever been to accomplishing the elusive goal of reforming health care,” Representative Henry Waxman, a California Democrat who ...

Source: Bloomberg

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Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-3976
Fax: 202-225-4099

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