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Pesticide Industry Attempts to Veto Speakers from EPA-Funded Conference
Dec 20, 2002
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Rep. Waxman writes EPA Administrator Whitman about agency actions regarding three experts on children and pesticides who the pesticide industry requested be dropped from an educational conference for health professionals.
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Midnight Trade Deal Ends Tariffs on U.S. Cigarettes Sold in Chile
Dec 11, 2002
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Rep. Waxman and Rep. Doggett call for a full investigation into a midnight trade deal by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick that will phase out tariffs on U.S. cigarettes sold in Chile, an abandonment of the Administration’s previously stated position that cigarettes would not be included in the trade negotiations.
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Rep. Waxman Urges Boycott of U.S. Advertising on Al Manar
Dec 10, 2002
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Rep. Waxman joined 22 Members of Congress in a letter urging the Bush Administration to prohibit U.S. companies from advertising on Al Manar, a Lebanese television station connected to the terrorist organization Hezbollah.
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Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit
Dec 9, 2002
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A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit filed by the General Accounting Office in which it sought to obtain access to records of the White House energy task force chaired by Vice President Cheney.
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Vice President Asked to Disclosed Energy Task Force Contacts with Enron
Dec 4, 2002
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Rep. Waxman wrote the Vice President asking that he disclose details about contacts between his energy task force and Enron Corp., in light of the company's recent financial collapse and press reports suggesting that Enron had extensive dealings with the task force.
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Questions on U.S. Government Objections to Soft Drink and Obesity Link
Nov 21, 2002
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Rep. Waxman writes HHS Secretary Thompson to ask why the U.S. government is objecting to a draft report from the World Health Organization that calls for a reduction in soft drink consumption as part of a global strategy to fight obesity.
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Liability Protection for Smallpox Manufacturers Outweighs Protection for Consumers
Nov 15, 2002
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Rep. Waxman writes HHS Secretary Thompson to call his attention to provisions in H.R. 5710 that provide liability protection for makers of the smallpox vaccine, yet fail to provide appropriate compensation for those who may be injured by the vaccine.
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Rep. Waxman's Floor Statement on the Homeland Security Bill
Nov 13, 2002
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Speaking on the House floor, Rep. Waxman said that while it is clear that federal departments are not working together as they should to protect our nation, the Homeland Security Act of 2002 has serious flaws and may well cause more problems than it solves.
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Urged to Take Action Against Anti-Semitic TV
Nov 4, 2002
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Rep. Waxman was joined by 45 Members of Congress in sending a letter urging Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to take immediate action against the upcoming broadcast of "Horseman Without A Horse." The television series is based on the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory fabricated in Czarist Russia to scapegoat and foment violence against Jews.
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Clean Air Act's New Source Review Program Must Not be Weakened
Nov 4, 2002
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Rep. Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Rep. Waxman were joined by 107 members of Congress in writing President Bush and asking him not to weaken the Clean Air Act's new source review program.
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Representative Henry A. Waxman 30th District of California
