Posted on 11/10/2006 1:32:58 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Waxman set to probe areas of Bush gov't
By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer 37 minutes ago
The Democratic congressman who will investigate the Bush administration's running of the government says there are so many areas of possible wrongdoing, his biggest problem will be deciding which ones to pursue.
There's the response to Hurricane Katrina, government contracting in Iraq and on homeland security, political interference in regulatory decisions by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration, and allegations of war profiteering, Rep. Henry Waxman (news, bio, voting record), D-Calif., told the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
"I'm going to have an interesting time because the Government Reform Committee has jurisdiction over everything," Waxman said Friday, three days after his party's capture of Congress put him in line to chair the panel. "The most difficult thing will be to pick and choose."
Waxman, who's in his 16th term representing West Los Angeles, had plenty of experience leading congressional investigations before the Democrats lost control of the House to Republicans in 1994.
That was the year when, as chairman of an Energy and Commerce subcommittee, he presided over dramatic hearings he convened where the heads of leading tobacco companies testified that they didn't believe nicotine was addictive.
The scene made it into the movie "The Insider," but Waxman noted Friday that no subpoenas were issued to produce that testimony.
Republicans have speculated that a Democratic congressional majority will mean a flurry of subpoenas and investigations into everything under the sun as retaliation against the GOP and President Bush.
Not so, Waxman said.
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They need to stop boasting about what they're gonna do... It's not over yet.
I agree no pictures, or perhaps it will rain really heavy in Washington, and he will walk with his head pointed high and he will drown..
LOL -- DITTO --- no pics please.
Another cretin dying to hold hearings of his own.
Somehow I can only think of backhoes and nostrils...
Will there be any inquiry as to Bush's relationship with Brazil?
Sorry, I couldn't resist...
Just the title brings up some pretty nasty images...
You can already see him putting on his rubber gloves.
Our tax dollars at work.
That guy has his nose into everything.
Is there a reward for the first Freeper to use "Waxman," "probe," and "nostrils" in the same sentence? (Okay, the second Freeper, since I guess that, technically, I'm the first.)
I'm sure he can sniff it out alllllllll by hisself.........
Hey Waxy, "Bring it on, bitch!"
The probe is to begin looking for pre-war intelligence hidden in Waxman's nose.
I think Americans want legislators to focus on the present and the future, not the past---for good or bad.
We really need a law that makes it illegal to elect a guy as fugly as Waxman! (it would get rid of nancee also)!
Where are the calls in the Congress and Senate about sharing power??? A lot of these races were really really close. The Republicans caved in on 'power sharing' when it was close.... Shouldn't they be sharing power now?
Really. I thought in the TV age politicians had to be pretty. He proves this isn't true.
susie
"no pictures please."
Someone please post a pic of Lon Chaney Sr. in the original "Phantom of the Opera." They look like twins!
This is what the people wanted, this is what they are gonna get...have at it!
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