Henry Waxman: “What we are learning is that the FCC is making significant progress in improving its operations and eliminating…”

Today's hearing is about the Children's Health Insurance Program. This is a rare program in Washington that has enjoyed bipartisan support since its inception in 1997.

So what we are seeing is something that sounds good from a party that has no credibility to say that they are for more science information. What they would do is limit what EPA would be able to use to determine, based on the science, what…

It is not for the President to say or to obstruct congressional deliberations and investigations or other legitimate functions.

Although he made a number of very sensible recommendations, we heard at our hearing last September that the CSB chairman failed to adequately address these problems, and in fact, had created a dysfunctional work environment.