Henry Waxman

This regulation is a win-win. Not only does it cut pollution responsible for climate change, it saves 1.8 billion barrels of oil.

Finally--after years of delay--the Administration is taking action to rein in this toxic contamination. We should all support these efforts.

It wasn't regulations that caused our financial collapse and the deepest economic recession since the Great Depression. It was unbridled deregulation.

This bill is a good bill. It is supported by the Consumer Federation of America, the Consumers Union, the National Consumers League, the Trust for America's Health, the American Public Health Association. And it's supported by major…

Senator Waxman's proposed legislation to provide relief from the burdensome costs of complying with the CPSIA was too narrowly drafted.

Let the American people know that we are trying to help kids get educated, and make sure that those who are vulnerable get health care; while the Republicans are urging that we continue the tax cuts for people making more than $300,000 a…

In the 30 seconds I have left, let's pass this bill and go on to fix this problem. We owe it to the seniors who were promised Medicare coverage. And Medicare coverage means that they ought to have access to physicians who are paid for the…

Did BP make a -- a fundamental misjudgment in selecting the single string of casing?

Are you failing to cooperate with other investigators, as well? Because they're going to have a hard time reaching conclusions if you stone-wall them, which is what we seem to be getting today.

Did BP make a -- a fundamental misjudgment --

Each and every case, they cut corners. They wanted to save time. They wanted to spend less money. And had they not done that, we might not have had the kind of explosion that we're now dealing with.

If BP can... could get an escrow for $15 billion, they will be lucky, because this company is going down as one of the top scoundrels in all of American history.

In each and every case, they cut corners. They wanted to save time. They wanted to spend less money. And had they not done that, we might not have had that kind of explosion that we're now dealing with.

We've asked people to evaluate Exponent's analysis, and they said it was not a very good analysis.

We have asked people to evaluate Exponent's analysis and they said it was not a very good analysis.

A food safety bill recently passed by the Committee on Energy and Commerce in the House of Representatives, H.R. 2749, the 'Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009,' addresses all of the above authorities and includes many of the other key…

A food safety bill sponsored by Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Los Angeles, passed this month in the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

This issue is too important for agriculture and forestry to sit on the sidelines.

Passing legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives would send an important message that America is ready to lead.

America cannot allow its economy to be left behind. America must be a leader.

The rules required that the amendment be read. The clerk will read the bill.

It will be an expensive bill, but what is more expensive is not to do the reform because our health care system costs are out of control and the only way to control costs is to reform the system.

This will expedite the development of nationwide health information infrastructure that will enhance real-time communication between providers and improve the coordination of care. Finally, the bill would provide $87 billion in temporary…

I cannot imagine that we are going to meet our energy needs in this country without nuclear energy.

Three of the top priorities of the new Obama administration and the American public are in the jurisdiction of our committee: health care reform; climate change legislation; and energy independence.