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Oversight Committee Subpoenas Justice Department for Plame Documents
Jun 16, 2008
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The Oversight Committee issued a subpoena to Attorney General Mukasey compelling the production of FBI interview reports of Vice President Cheney and President Bush and other documents regarding the outing of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson.
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Chairman Waxman Schedules Contempt Vote
Jun 13, 2008
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In letters to EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson and White House official Susan Dudley, Chairman Waxman announced that the Committee will consider holding them in contempt for their repeated refusal to provide subpoenaed documents to the Committee.
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Chairman Waxman, Ranking Member Davis Question Major League Baseball on 2005 Testimony
Jun 12, 2008
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Chairman Waxman and Ranking Member Davis asked for additional information from Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players’ Association in response to questions about their 2005 congressional testimony on steroid use in Major League Baseball.
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Committee Holds Hearing on 2010 Census
Jun 11, 2008
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The Full Committee and the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and National Archives held a joint hearing on “2010 Census: Assessing the Census Bureau’s Progress,” at 10:00 a.m. on June 11, in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building. A preliminary transcript of this hearing is now available.
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Committee Releases Proposed Abramoff Report
Jun 9, 2008
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Chairman Waxman and Ranking Member Davis issued a proposed Committee report on White House contacts with Jack Abramoff that concludes that Mr. Abramoff had personal contact with President Bush, that high-level White House officials held Mr. Abramoff and his associates in high regard and solicited recommendations from them on policy matters, that Mr. Abramoff and his associates influenced some White House actions, and that Mr. Abramoff and his associates offered White House officials expensive tickets and meals.
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New Power Plant Rules Could Increase Pollution and Exacerbate Global Warming
Jun 9, 2008
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Chairman Waxman wrote to EPA Administrator Johnson to request information regarding the effects of a proposed rule to weaken the “new source review” requirements governing power plants, which would allow older power plants to increase their emissions of air pollutants and exacerbate global warming.
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Chairman Waxman Announces Second Hearing on FEMA’s Toxic Trailers
Jun 4, 2008
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As a follow up to last year’s hearing on FEMA’s toxic trailers, Chairman Waxman announced today the Committee will hold a hearing Wednesday, July 9, regarding the elevated levels of formaldehyde in the travel trailers FEMA provided to victims of the Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005. Chairman Waxman requested information from four manufacturers of the travel trailers with significantly higher levels of formaldehyde and has invited them to testify at the hearing.
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New Questions about Vice President Cheney’s Role in CIA Leak
Jun 3, 2008
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Chairman Waxman urges Attorney General Mukasey to turn over the FBI interviews of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, citing new information from the FBI interview of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby and the recent disclosures by Scott McClellan.
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New Questions about Vice President Cheney’s Role in CIA Leak
Jun 3, 2008
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Chairman Waxman urged Attorney General Mukasey to turn over the FBI interviews of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, citing new information from the FBI interview of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby and the recent disclosures by Scott McClellan.
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House Passes Waxman Clean Contract Amendment
May 22, 2008
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The House of Representatives voted to include in the Defense Authorization bill the Waxman Clean Contracting amendment, which is a response to pervasive waste, fraud, and abuse uncovered by congressional, GAO and Inspector General investigations. The Clean Contracting amendment would (1) require agencies to enhance competition in contracting, (2) limit the use of abuse-prone contracts, (3) rebuild the federal acquisition workforce, (4) strengthen anti-fraud measures, and (5) increase transparency in federal contracting.
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Representative Henry A. Waxman 30th District of California
