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 September 20, 2012, House floor debate on H.R. 3409, the Stop the War on Coal Act. Over the past two years, this Republican House has amassed the most anti-environment record in the history of Congress. During this period, the Republican House…
