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Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Bush Cabinet Secretaries Have Frequently Traveled on Private Jets at Taxpayer Expense
Rep. Waxman reveals that Bush agency heads have taken 125 trips to over 300 locations aboard private jets, helicopters, and other aircraft at taxpayer expense and urges OMB Director Rob Portman to impose a moratorium on this luxury travel.
Monday, October 16, 2006
Waxman Asks Mehlman about Abramoff U2 Tickets, Releases Mehlman Financial Disclosure Form
Rep. Waxman asks former White House Director of Political Affairs, Ken Mehlman, whether he accepted tickets to a U2 concert from Jack Abramoff and, if he did accept the tickets, why he failed to report them on his 2001 financial disclosure form.
Friday, October 06, 2006
Rep. Waxman Statement on Resignation of Susan Ralston
Rep. Waxman responds to the White House announcement that Susan Ralston, aide to Karl Rove, has resigned because of findings in the Committee's report on lobbyist Jack Abramoff's ties to the White House.
Friday, September 29, 2006
Abramoff Ties to White House More Extensive Than Previously Known
Following Mr. Abramoff's guilty plea in January, President Bush and other top White House officials issued repeated statements that Mr. Abramoff was a virtual stranger to the White House. The documents reviewed by the Committee tell a different story. They show that between January 2001 and March 2004, there were 485 lobbying contacts between Mr. Abramoff and his associates and White House officials.
Friday, September 15, 2006
Restoring Honesty and Accountability in Washington
Over the last five years, public confidence in the federal government has plummeted. Reports of enormous waste, fraud, and abuse have squandered both taxpayer dollars and public support. Rep. Henry A. Waxman and Democratic Members of the Committee on Government Reform have developed six proposals to restore honesty and accountability in government.
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Democratic Truth Squad Introduces 'Clean Contracting Act'
Today the House Democratic Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Truth Squad introduced the "Clean Contracting Act of 2006." The bill would end the abusive contracting practices that have been rampant under the Bush Administration and promote greater transparency and accountability in federal contracting.
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Homeland Security Contracts Waste Hundreds of Millions of Taxpayer Dollars
Ranking Member Waxman and Chairman Davis release a comprehensive report on homeland security contracting that finds pervasive mismanagement and waste. According to the report, noncompetitive contracts have soared over 700% in just three years, and the total value of the Department’s wasteful contracts exceeds $34 billion.
Monday, July 24, 2006
Federal Prosecutors Are Underfunded and Understaffed
Reps. Waxman and Conyers reveal that U.S. Attorney offices across the nation are being undermined by attorney vacancies and lack of funding, with some offices facing shortages of even basic supplies, like binder clips and envelopes. In staff interviews, Assistant U.S. Attorneys reported that the problems are affecting the outcome of both criminal and civil cases.
Friday, July 21, 2006
FDA Scientists Disclose Political Interference within the Agency
Rep. Waxman writes Secretary Leavitt about a survey that reveals that many FDA scientists have been asked "to provide incomplete, inaccurate or misleading information" to the public and elected officials.
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Waxman Requests Information About Possible Cruise Ship Contracts
Rep. Waxman today sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff regarding a recent report that DHS is considering renting cruise ships to house illegal immigrants detained in the United States. Recent experience has shown that using cruise ships for temporary housing is enormously expensive.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
New Documents Reveal Problems with Alaska Native Contracts
Rep. Waxman today released new federal agency documents that highlight significant problems with no-bid contracts with Alaska Native companies, including political interference with the contracting process and serious performance deficiencies.
Monday, June 19, 2006
Dollars, Not Sense: Government Contracting Under the Bush Administration
Rep. Waxman today released a comprehensive assessment of procurement spending by the Bush Administration. The 65-page report finds that spending on contractors over the past five years has ballooned, growing faster than any other part of the discretionary budget and increasing five times faster than inflation. The report also contains the first government-wide estimate of the number and value of “problem contracts” under the Bush Administration, detailing 118 contracts worth over $745 billion that have experienced significant overcharges, wasteful spending, or mismanagement.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Rep. Waxman Requests Information on use of Private Air Travel
Today Rep. Waxman sent a letter to Secretary Leavitt requesting additional information regarding his extensive travel aboard a private jet that had been leased by CDC for responding to public health emergencies. Letters were also sent to request detailed information regarding chartered private air travel by other Cabinet secretaries and government executives.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
GAO Finds Improper Conversions of Political Appointees to Career Government Posts
In a letter to OPM, Rep. Waxman and Rep. Danny Davis ask Director Linda Springer to review whether OPM’s procedures properly guard against favoritism for appointees in the otherwise merit-based federal workforce.
Monday, May 15, 2006
Reps. Waxman and Frank Renew Document Request After HUD Chief’s Comments about Political Test for Contracts
In a letter to HUD Secretary Jackson, Reps. Waxman and Frank renew their request for documents relating to Department contracts after the Secretary’s conflicting explanations for his comment that he decided not to award a contract to a contractor with “a heck of a proposal” because the contractor expressed a negative view of the President.
Thursday, May 04, 2006
Committee Refuses to Investigate White House's Knowledge of Deficit Reduction Act's Infirmities
Despite Democrats' efforts, the Committee votes down a resolution to investigate whether the President knew in advance that the version he signed of S. 1932, the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, had not passed both houses before arrival at the White House.
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Bush Administration Increases Number of Political Appointees; Minority and Female Appointees Plunge
Rep. Waxman, along with Committee Democrats Danny K. Davis, Major R. Owens, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Elijah E. Cummings, and Chris Van Hollen, releases a report finding that in the Bush Administration’s first five years, the number of political appointees on the federal payroll has soared while the number of minority and female political appointees has declined dramatically.
Monday, May 01, 2006
Rep. Waxman Still Seeking Answers from FERC Chairman
In a third letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Kelliher, Rep. Waxman seeks answers to specific questions about the circumstances surrounding FERC’s favorable settlement with the Southern Company.
Friday, April 28, 2006
Terrorism Attacks Surge in 2005
New data from the National Counterterrorism Center shows that terrorist attacks have increased exponentially in the three years since the United States invaded Iraq.
Thursday, April 27, 2006
GAO Criticizes No-Bid Contracts to Alaska Native Corporations
Rep. Waxman releases a fact sheet on a new report by the Government Accountability Office that examines the increasing number of no-bid federal contracts being awarded to Alaska Native Corporations and finds that “there is clearly the potential for unintended consequences or abuse.”
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Rep. Waxman Decries Republicans' Sham Lobby 'Reform' Bill on House Floor
In a heated floor debate, Rep. Waxman explains that the Republicans' lobbying reform bill does nothing to clean up the culture of corruption in the Congress, and points out that the Rules Committee would not even allow consideration of the bipartisan Executive Branch Reform Act passed by the committee.
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Gas Prices Have Doubled Since 2005
Rep. Waxman releases a graph showing that gasoline prices have doubled since 2000, despite the Administration’s aggressive implementation of its energy plan. He explains that Washington is mired in scandal and in order to address the Administration’s failed energy policy, Congress must clean up corrupt lobbying practices.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Rep. Waxman Requests Information on Former VA Secretary's Relationship with Major Contractor
In a letter to the VA, Rep. Waxman asks Secretary Nicholson to describe the communications between former Secretary Anthony Principi and QTC Management Inc., where he is now chairman of the board. QTC has over $1 billion in contracts with the Department.
Thursday, April 06, 2006
New Questions Raised About White House Role in Leaking Classified Iraq Intelligence
In a letter to President Bush, Rep. Waxman asks for a full accounting of the President's and Vice President's actions in authorizing leaks of classified intelligence about Iraq, while at the same time concealing the President's knowledge of serious doubts about Iraq's pursuit of nuclear weapons.
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Committee Approves Bill to End Secret Contacts between Lobbyists and Executive Branch Officials
The best and worst of Congress were on display today in the Government Reform Committee, as the Committee unanimously approved a bipartisan bill containing landmark reforms of the executive branch on the same day that it also approved legislation containing the sham reforms of Congress written by the Republican leadership. The executive branch bill (H.R. 5112) would end secret meetings between lobbyists and political appointees, close the revolving door between lobbyists and government, enact new protections for national security whistleblowers, curb unnecessary secrecy and over-classification, and prohibit covert propaganda.
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Over the last five years, public confidence in the federal government has plummeted. Reports of enormous waste, fraud, and abuse have squandered both taxpayer dollars and public support. Rep. Henry A. Waxman and Democratic Members of the Committee on Government Reform have developed six proposals to restore honesty and accountability in government.
Investigating the State of Science Under the Bush Administration
The Bush Administration's Public Statements on Iraq
Rep. Waxman releases a fact sheet showing that a permanent estate tax repeal would favor the President, Vice President, and 11 cabinet members, saving them as much as $344 million dollars total.
A new report released by Reps. Waxman and other senior members of Congress details how the Social Security Administration has systematically altered its public communications.
Rep. Waxman asks Chairman Davis to amend the Committee's oversight plan to include consideration of the treatment of detainees, the use of covert propaganda, the politicization of science, conflicts of interest, the rise in government secrecy, and other important issues that Congress has failed to address.
During the last four years, Congress has failed to conduct meaningful investigations of allegations of serious misconduct involving the Bush Administration.
A new report released by Rep. Waxman finds that the President has repeatedly appointed individuals with Republican political backgrounds to serve as nonpartisan Inspectors General at federal departments and agencies.
Rep. Waxman has released a comprehensive examination of the unprecedented assault on the principle of open government under the Bush Administration.
The Washington Post has published Rep. Waxman's essay on the abrupt reversal in Congress's approach to oversight.
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