Environment - Energy

Energy

Rep. Waxman is a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and over the years has been a leader on energy issues, working to protect consumers, enhance national security and protect the environment while meeting our energy needs. He has also used his position as the Ranking Member of the House Government Reform Committee to advance this issue.

Rep. Waxman has issued numerous statements and letters on energy issues. To view a chronology of these documents, please visit the Statements and Letters page.

You can learn more about energy issues in general by reviewing reports prepared by the Congressional Research Service.

House Government Reform Committee Special Investigations

Energy Reports and Investigations
The federal government's energy policies affect our day-to-day lives, the future of our environment, and our national security. At the request of Rep. Waxman and other members, the Special Investigations Division of the Government Reform Committee has investigated federal agencies, Congress, and the White House to expose problems and urge needed action on energy issues.
House Government Reform Committee: Energy Reports and Investigations

Cheney Energy Task Force
Since April 2001, Rep. Waxman and Rep. John Dingell, ranking member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, have been seeking information about the energy task force headed by Vice President Cheney. This request for information was prompted by news reports that the task force had met privately with major campaign contributors to discuss energy policy. The Bush Administration has been unwilling to provide that information, even to the General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress.
House Government Reform Committee: Cheney Energy Task Force

Enron
The sudden collapse of Enron Corporation -- formerly the seventh-largest company in the country, with 2000 revenues of over $100 billion -- has raised a number of questions. Serious allegations of fraud and self-dealing have been made against Enron’s officers and directors, who reportedly sold over $1 billion worth of stock in the company from October 1998 through November 2001. Questions have also been raised about the company’s close relationship to the Bush Administration.
House Government Reform Committee: Enron Investigation

Western Energy Crisis
Through the House Government Reform Committee, Rep. Waxman has also worked to expose and prohibit price gouging in the West that occurred when energy companies manipulated Western energy markets.
House Government Reform Committee: Western Energy Crisis