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Henry Waxman

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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.

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May 2, 2011

I can't take this hearing seriously. I don't think the Republicans want open government.

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Apr 15, 2011

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…

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Apr 14, 2011

Rather than get going and getting this accomplished, we saw delays. Industry pushed for delays.

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Apr 14, 2011

If we delay these requirements to clean up toxic air pollution, our children and many other Americans will suffer serious, and in many cases, irreversible harm.

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Apr 14, 2011

I fear that what we are seeing is another--in a series of assaults on the Clean Air Act.

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Apr 14, 2011

These standards could and should have been adopted years ago, and if industry hadn't said the cleanup couldn't be done, we would have already done it.

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Apr 14, 2011

Well, at last EPA's proposed a defensible standard. It is consistent with the Clean Air Act.

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Apr 14, 2011

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…

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Apr 14, 2011

But that won't happen if Congress repeals or blocks the Clean Air Act and stops EPA from doing its job.

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Apr 14, 2011

The major flaw in EPA's analysis is that it makes overly optimistic assumptions about the effectiveness and availability of certain control technologies.

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Apr 14, 2011

American families have waited long enough.

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Apr 14, 2011

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…

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Apr 14, 2011

Delaying these rules will hurt a large number of people, especially children.

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Apr 14, 2011

With straining to do it, it is in the 2015 to 2018 timeframe that industry can get there.

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Apr 14, 2011

Not only did a court with Republican and Democratic appointees reject the arguments, but in fact they quoted Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland for the absurdity of the legal argument.

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Apr 13, 2011

It is incorrect to consider subtitle D regulation as roughly equivalent to subtitle C regulation. It is not equivalent.

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Apr 13, 2011

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…

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Apr 13, 2011

Mr. Adams seems to state that the American Coal Ash Association supports phasing out wet impoundments like the one that burst in Kingston, Tennessee, in 2008.

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Apr 13, 2011

I would like to set aside the debate over subtitle C versus subtitle D and focus on what protections should be established on the ground.

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Apr 13, 2011

The purpose of the legislation we are examining today is to ensure that EPA does not regulate the safe disposal of toxic coal ash under subtitle C.

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Apr 13, 2011

EPA has more authority to deal with municipal solid waste than it would for coal ash.

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Apr 12, 2011

this is the fourth oversight hearing, and three out of the four, we have been denied minority witnesses.

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Apr 12, 2011

I think it is very narrow and mean-spirited to try to deny us an opportunity to hear witnesses that we think could add to the hearing.

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Apr 12, 2011

FDA's ability to protect the American public is an important topic for oversight.

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