Posted on 10/28/2006 6:15:45 AM PDT by aculeus
Drug Prices, Oil Profits Are Among Democrat's Priorities If His Party Retakes House
WASHINGTON -- California Rep. Henry Waxman, the vocal corporate critic slated to run a powerful committee if Democrats win the House, said he would aggressively expand oversight of many large industries -- with a focus on drug prices, oil-company profits and Halliburton Co.'s contracting work in Iraq.
In an interview, Rep. Waxman, the senior minority member of the House Government Reform Committee, said he also would boost oversight of the Bush administration, along with "waste, fraud and abuse" across the federal government -- especially rebuilding efforts in Iraq and the Hurricane Katrina-ravaged Gulf Coast. The committee has extensive -- and vaguely defined -- oversight responsibilities covering broad swaths of corporate America and the government, and the chairman has the power to issue subpoenas, compel testimony and call hearings.
Of particular concern, Mr. Waxman said, would be rooting out what he called "profiteering." His aides define the term broadly enough that it encompasses Iraq contracting, the massive growth in homeland security expenditures, pharmaceutical prices and soaring oil-industry profits. Probes into prices and profits could prove controversial, however, because the government itself has never be
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But you've got the idea.
lol
Just the usual politics of hatred, resentment, and envy. He's pandering to the hand-to-mouth voters who never invested a nickle in their lives.
Oh, so he's going after big University, big Media and Big legal then?
Does cheating by hiring illegal aliens count as profiteering to Henry "Nose Hair" Waxman?
Praying to GOD that the dims lose seats.
Where exactly in California is he from?
As for a caption, how about "I'm too sexy..."
This is really from the "Onion" isn't it?
This guy is a living breathing cartoon character. What a doufous.
Sharper Image execs will be subpoenaed, hauled up to Capitol Hill to testify under oath, because their company is the largest seller of nose nhair clippers in the US
Black & white really captures his hideousness...
"profiteering."
Does this mean he is going to investigate Sen Reid on his million dollar profit from his land sale?
DimocRAT 'bat-boy'!
This hog-nosed commie is going to root out waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government? Shouldn't this be in comedy, not breaking news?
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