Representative Henry A. Waxman 30th District of California

News List

  • Speech: Rep. Waxman Delivered a Speech to the Food and Drug Law Institute
    Apr 1, 2003  - Rep. Waxman delivered a speech to the Food and Drug Law Institute. More
  • Company Asked to Explain Handling of E. coli Test Results
    Mar 28, 2003  - In a letter to Swift & Company, formerly ConAgra, Rep. Waxman, along with Sen. Durbin, Rep. DeLauro, Rep. Kaptur, Rep. Brown, and Rep. DeGette ask the company to explain who knew about key results before the outbreak began last summer More
  • Fifty-Two Members Support California in Garamendi Case
    Mar 26, 2003  - Rep. Waxman, joined by 51 Members of Congress, filed an amicus brief supporting the State of California in American Insurance Association et. al. v. Garamendi. This case was heard before the U.S. Supreme Court at the end of April. More
  • Rep. Waxman with 51 Members of Congress File Amicus Brief in Case Involving Holocaust Survivors
    Mar 26, 2003  - Rep. Waxman, joined by 51 Members of Congress, filed an amicus brief supporting the State of California in American Insurance Association et. al. v. Garamendi. The case was argued before the Supreme Court in April. More
  • Doubts about Administration's Nuclear Evidence on Iraq
    Mar 17, 2003  - In a letter to President Bush, Rep. Waxman writes that a key part of the U.S. case against Iraq – evidence that indicated that Iraq sought to obtain nuclear materials from the African country of Niger – was not regarded as credible by the CIA. More
  • Pornography on Peer-to-Peer Networks
    Mar 13, 2003  - The Committee on Government Reform held a hearing on children's access and exposure to pornography through Internet file-sharing programs. A GAO report and a staff report on the issue were released at the hearing. More
  • Company Knew of Contamination Before Outbreak
    Mar 12, 2003  - Rep. Waxman, along with Sen. Durbin, Rep. DeLauro, Rep. Kaptur, and Rep. Brown, reveal that ConAgra Beef Company knew its meat was testing positive for the deadly bacteria E. coli O157:H7 weeks before last summer's outbreak. More
  • Rep. Waxman Calls for Hearings and Investigation of Energy Sector Abuses
    Mar 5, 2003  - Rep. Waxman made a statement in opposition to the Energy and Commerce Committee energy bill which fails to reflect the most dramatic events that have happened in the energy sector since consideration of the last energy bill in August 2001 and calls for hearings and investigations before legislation can be passed. More
  • Rep. Waxman Leads Bipartisan Group to Expose Energy Market Abuses
    Mar 4, 2003  - Rep. Waxman and Rep. Radanovich led a bipartisan group of California members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee in requesting that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) immediately lift a Protective Order that applied to evidence of energy market abuses recently submitted in a pending case before FERC. On March 5, under questioning by Rep. Waxman during a hearing in this committee, FERC Chairman Pat Wood testified that he would lift the Protective Order to make the evidence available. More
  • Speech: American Jewish Committee Speech on American Oil Dependence
    Feb 27, 2003  - Rep. Waxman speech at American Jewish Committee. More