More - Henry Waxman Quotes

We seem to be paying a heck of a lot of money for these ships. I'm trying to determine if this is a wise use of resources.

Henry Waxman

 Money

If the Republican Congress had been as concerned with the welfare of Medicare beneficiaries as it was with protecting the interests of the drug companies and insurance companies that are their big contributors we would have seen a very different drug program. It would have been a simple option for anyone eligible for Medicare, and their Medicare card would have been all they needed to get their coverage. Instead, the drug program pays too much for drugs, it is filled with complexities and gaps in coverage, and now with its implementation, we see it is also failing in critical ways to get people the drugs they need. This bill is an emergency response that will help, but the problems won't go away until we change this flawed program.

Henry Waxman

 Congress

The Bush administration repeatedly gave Halliburton special treatment and allowed the company to gouge both U.S. taxpayers and the Iraqi people, ... The international auditors have every right to expect a full refund of Halliburton's egregious overcharges.

Henry Waxman

 

The routine promotion of condoms through advertising has been stopped by networks who are so hypocritically priggish that they refuse to describe disease control as they promote disease transmission.

Henry Waxman

 Advertising

We should be doing our utmost to ensure that all are protected against discrimination,

Henry Waxman

 Discrimination

We want an independent commission,

Henry Waxman

 

doomed legislation.

Henry Waxman

 Legislation

Infuriating and inexcusable, ... He's burning through taxpayer dollars, and Washington Republicans won't make him accountable for the millions he's wasted.

Henry Waxman

 Republicans

Obviously, the involvement of the vice president raises profoundly disturbing questions, ... We need to understand in detail what role Mr. Cheney played in this despicable incident.

Henry Waxman

 Vice

If it hadn't been for Congress looking at this issue, seriously concerned about it, there would not have been an impetus for them to come together as they have now,

Henry Waxman

 Congress