Honorable Henry Waxman
United States Representative, California, Democrat
Representative Waxman, of the Thirtieth District of California, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1974. He served in the California Assembly from 1968 to 1974. He chaired the Health Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee from 1979 to 1994. He now chairs the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and is a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee. The following is from the July 30, 2008, House floor debate on H.R. 1108, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. This is truly an historic day in the fight against tobacco, but it took…
