Henry Waxman: “These bills are a package of half-baked ideas and giveaways to the oil industry.”

Sadly, this deadly habit begins with our kids. In many cases they become hooked quickly and develop a lifelong addiction that is nearly impossible to break.

The use of performance enhancing substance was pervasive for more than a decade, and that everyone in baseball -- the players, the union, the owners and the commissioner -- were responsible.

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.