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Henry Waxman is a former U.S. Representative from California, serving from 1975 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was known for his work on health care, environmental policy, and consumer protection. During his tenure, Waxman played a key role in the passage of the Affordable Care Act and was a prominent advocate for climate change legislation. He chaired the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where he focused on issues such as tobacco regulation and health care reform.
I am wholly opposed to this legislation, and urge its defeat. We have a lot of challenges in this country: high gasoline prices, high unemployment, an economy that is not growing strongly enough, crumbling infrastructure, a growing threat…
I can't express my concern with greater alarm about this budget. It is a budget that's going to inflict terrible harm on Americans from all walks of life, while protecting the wealthiest taxpayers in America, both individuals and…
She also says about fraud, waste, and abuse: ``The Affordable Care Act also gives CMS new tools to fight fraud, and helps us move from a pay-and-chase system to a comprehensive, prevention- focused strategy. This resolution would…
This resolution would defund the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. This is just another way the Republicans are trying to repeal that law. The very first week of this Congress, they voted to repeal the health care law. They said…
This bill represents the Republicans' newest line of attack to disrupt, dismantle, and to ultimately destroy the Affordable Care Act. Today, they are doing so by sacrificing longstanding bipartisan policies to push a narrow partisan…
I was astounded by the comment of our friend on the Republican side of the aisle who is not on our committee. He said that the antitrust laws will protect us. Well, if you have a cable company or a phone company to choose, you are going to…
We need to defeat this Republican proposal because it is not based on anything but an ideological point of view that government can do nothing right and business can do nothing wrong; and they, therefore, favor the big businesses. I say do…
On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 255, nays 172, not voting 5, as follows: [Roll No. 249]…
Thank you for yielding to me. This bill, the EPA does not put a price on carbon. The EPA is not setting up a cap-and-trade program. The EPA is only saying, in new facilities with large amounts of carbon emissions, put in efficiency…
I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to a distinguished member of our committee, the gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands (Mrs. Christensen).
I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Inslee). (Mr. INSLEE asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)
That information is incorrect. I would like to see a letter that pertains to this EPA action. I think it might have been a letter related to a different piece of legislation. I am now pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from…
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