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From the Oversight Committee: Chairman Waxman Schedules Contempt Vote In letters to EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson and White House official Susan Dudley, Chairman Waxman announces that the Committee will consider holding them in contempt for their repeated refusal to provide subpoenaed documents… Continue

Today Chairman Henry Waxman of the Oversight Committee urged Attorney General Mukasey to turn over the FBI interviews of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, citing new information from the FBI interview of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby and the recent disclosures by… Continue

The Oversight Committee is currently holding a hearing, “EPA's New Ozone Standards,” to examine the new ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) and the process the Environmental Protection Agency used in setting them. A Committee investigation has uncovered details of White… Continue

From the Oversight Committee: White House Involved in California Waiver Denial New documents and testimony obtained by the Committee show that EPA career staff unanimously supported granting California's request for a waiver to enforce its greenhouse gas emissions standards for cars and… Continue

Chairman Henry Waxman of the Oversight Committee sent the following letter (pdf) to Secretary of Defense Gates today: Dear Mr. Secretary: As part of the Oversight Committee's ongoing oversight of Iraq contract management, I am writing to request documents relating to the… Continue

This morning Chairman Henry Waxman of the Oversight Committee sent letters to the Internal Revenue Service (pdf), the Small Business Administration (pdf), and the Department of Labor (pdf) to request investigations into whether Blackwater has violated federal tax, small business, and labor… Continue

Today Chairman Henry Waxman of the Oversight Committee wrote to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice regarding new documents that identify “critical” and “major” deficiencies in the construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, raising questions about the decision of the State… Continue

FEMA Plans Trailer Exodus Over Chemical Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press – February 14, 2007 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Thursday it will step up efforts to move Gulf Coast hurricane victims out of more than 35,000 trailers… Continue

Today in a letter to Council of Environmental Quality Chairman Connaughton, Chairman Henry Waxman of the Oversight Committee expressed deep concern over the Administration's use of emergency powers to facilitate training exercises that could harm whales off the coast of southern California,… Continue

On December 20th, the Oversight Committee initiated an investigation into EPA’s decision to reject California's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles. Following EPA's failure to meet the Committee's deadline for producing documents, Chairman Henry Waxman wrote EPA Administrator Johnson to… Continue