Henry Waxman: “I think that probably what has doomed this application more than anything was the politics that has been played...”

No Nation ever yet found any inconvenience from too close an inspection into the conduct of its officers.

What the Constitution does not allow is our leaders breaking the Constitution, or the law, to serve their political needs.

I hope this committee will initiate a detailed investigation examining this network of front groups and trade associations, determine who funds them and expose how they coordinate with industry.

I think of how Henry Waxman showed America the true face of the tobacco industry, exposing decades of deceit.