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 and is now the Ranking Minority Member of the committee. The following is from the July 26, 2011, House floor debate on H.R. 1938, the North American-Made Energy Security Act. I rise in opposition to H.R. 1938. This legislation is unnecessary, and it’s harmful. It cuts short the State Department’s ongoing review of the Keystone XL…