Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

112th Congress
Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
Communications and Technology
Energy and Power
Environment and the Economy
Health
Oversight and Investigations

111th Congress
Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection
Communications, Technology, and the Internet
Energy and Environment
Health
Oversight and Investigations

Responsibility for oversight of agencies, departments, and programs within the jurisdiction of the full committee, and for conducting investigations within such jurisdiction.

Recent News
Ranking Members Waxman and Rush Call for Hearing on Rate of Decarbonization and Global Warming 12/11/2012
Committee Leaders Request Documents from Drug Compounding Industry Association 12/07/2012
Markey, Waxman to Continue Probe of Presence of New Oil Sheen Near Macondo Well 12/07/2012
GAO Report Finds Notable Differences Between Medicare and Medicaid Consumer Protections 12/06/2012
Rep. Waxman and Senators Feinstein and Boxer Call on House and Senate Appropriators to Protect ECA Emissions Reductions 12/04/2012
Rep. Waxman Statement on Court Ruling on FCC Data-Roaming Order 12/04/2012
Energy and Commerce and Natural Resources Committee Democrats Request Briefing on Grand Isle Shipyard Involvement in Gulf Oil Spill 12/03/2012
Leading Committee Democrats Request Briefing on Recent Gulf of Mexico Oil Rig Explosion 11/26/2012
Briefing: "Should Telecom Companies Edit the Internet?" 11/21/2012
Ranking Members Waxman and Rush Call for Hearing on Sobering World Bank Climate Report 11/19/2012