Henry Waxman: “This Committee--and the Republican-controlled House--has become one of the last remaining refuges of the flat earth…”

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

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.