Rep. Henry Waxman’s Opinion Pieces and Letters to the Editor

Oct 10, 2014 Issues: District Concerns

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Chronological Op-Ed Archive

Date Title Publication Link
9/16/1976 Arms Sales: Our Heads Are in the Sand Los Angeles Times LINK
2/23/1978 Making a Mess of the Middle East Stew Los Angeles Times LINK
7/16/1978 Trading Off on Human Rights Los Angeles Times LINK
3/22/1979 Risks in the Middle East Peace Los Angeles Times LINK
6/28/1981 Clean Air Act: Just Another Trinket for Reagan to Dust Off? Los Angeles Times LINK
9/29/1981 The AWACS Debate Turns Ugly Los Angeles Times LINK
5/1/1982 Schweiker Is Wrong The Washington Post LINK
8/5/1982 The Real Marlboro Country The Washington Post LINK
3/9/1983 A Battle for Control of TV Los Angeles Times LINK
4/4/1983 New disease may be serious health threat USA Today LINK
9/6/1983 Even the West Must Pay to End Acid Rain Los Angeles Times LINK
12/8/1983 Acid Rain: A Solution to the Crisis The Baltimore Sun LINK
3/14/1984 One way to control acid rain Chicago Tribune LINK
10/28/1984 The Battle over Acid-Rain Legislation: Why Do We Ignore the Evidence? The New York Times LINK
3/1/1985 Acid Rain: We know the costs. We need the cure. National Parks LINK
10/1/1985 Toxic Chemicals in our Air supply: The Need for Action to Protect the Public Health Journal of the Air Pollution Control Association LINK
10/4/1985 Fighting an Epidemic in the Absence of Leadership The Washington Post LINK
2/19/1986 Metro Rail is Dead - but L.A. Can Have Safe, Sensible Rapid Transit Los Angeles Times LINK
5/4/1986 Rehabilitation for Medicare Los Angeles Times LINK
5/5/1986 Encouraging Mideast Cooperation through Scientific Research Los Angeles Herald Examiner LINK
9/14/1986 Israel Can't Yield to Frustration, Cynicism Los Angeles Times LINK
10/9/1986 When a Vaccine Injures a Child The Washington Post LINK
2/6/1987 Regional Cooperation: A Look to the Future Congressional Record LINK
2/10/1987 For Confidentiality in AIDS Testing The New York Times LINK
6/1/1987 Why Metro Rail is still unsafe Los Angeles Herald Examiner LINK
9/27/1987 AIDS, Rights and the Federal Role The New York Times LINK
11/20/1987 A Realistic Deadline for Clean Air Not Listed LINK
8/22/1988 States Will Have to Contribute to Assure Shortfall Can Be Overcome Los Angeles Times LINK
11/1/1988 Liberalism Meants Try, Try Again Los Angeles Times LINK
5/17/1989 Arabs and Israelis Working Together to Make Desert Bloom Los Angeles Herald Examiner LINK
6/30/1989 Op-Ed piece on Mandated Health Benefits Pre-Publication LINK
7/14/1989 Look at Cars - Not Behind Trees - If We Want Cleaner Air Not Listed LINK
8/15/1989 Clean-Air Bill Doesn't Go Far Enough The Wall Street Journal LINK
9/1/1989 Refueling the Clean Air Act Not Listed LINK
10/1/1989 Voodoo Environmentalism' ROLL CALL LINK
10/20/1989 Mockery of Blasnost The Washington Times LINK
11/24/1989 The issue is pollution, not jurisdictional disputes Sacramento Bee LINK
11/30/1989 Lent Ambushed the Clean-Fuel Proposal Not Listed LINK
12/10/1989 A Catastrophic Attempt to Do Better Los Angeles Times LINK
6/26/1990 Tobacco Exports: Why the Silence? The Washington Post LINK
10/2/1990 Frenzy of Cuts in Medicare Plugs Deficit Los Angeles Times LINK
2/18/1991 Global Warming is for Real ROLL CALL LINK
3/22/1991 State Tries to Bar Door to Nursing Home Reforms Not Listed LINK
5/21/1991 Research That Could Save Lives The Washington Post LINK
7/30/1991 Lead poisoning a threat to the health of our kids USA Today LINK
9/1/1991 New lead rule won't protect children U.S. Water News LINK
9/12/1991 Give the FDA Expanded Powers ROLL CALL LINK
11/10/1991 Can Magic Lead Where Two Presidents Wouldnt? Los Angeles Times LINK
12/11/1991 Tobacco Marketing Profiteering from Children The Journal of the American Medical Associaiton LINK
12/14/1991 Help' Medicaid Doesn't Need The Washington Post LINK
12/23/1991 Quayle Group Meddles With Our Safeguards Los Angeles Times LINK
4/10/1992 Carpe Diem, Congress; the President Won't Los Angeles Times LINK
4/26/1992 President undermining goals of Clean Air Act Connecticut Day LINK
4/29/1992 The Environmental Pollution President Los Angeles Times LINK
6/15/1992 When a law isn't a law Not Listed LINK
6/16/1993 Letter to the Editor - NYT regarding "Mother Nature's Pesticide Factory" Pre-Publication LINK
12/3/1993 Letter to the Editor - NYT regarding "Unbending Regulations Incite Move to Alter Pollution Law" (1/2) Pre-Publication LINK
1/3/1994 Letter to the Editor - NYT regarding "Unbending Regulations Incite Move to Alter Pollution Law" (2/2) Pre-Publication LINK
1/19/1994 The Next Water Crisis The Washington Post LINK
4/11/1994 Stop the Drugging of Our Children Los Angeles Times LINK
4/21/1994 Letter to the Editor - WaPo regarding Getting an Unfair Hearing Pre-Publication LINK
5/23/1994 End Tobacco's 'Most favored Industry' Status on the Hill ROLL CALL LINK
6/9/1994 Letter to the Editor - WSJ regarding "Meet the New baronds, A Lot Like the Old" Pre-Publication LINK
6/10/1994 Letter to the Editor - NYT regarding The Danger Stage Pre-Publication LINK
6/8/1995 Medicaid Op-Ed Pre-Publication LINK
9/24/1995 GOP Moves Toward an Imperial Congress Los Angeles Times LINK
2/28/1997 Campaign Reform Made Whole The New York Times LINK
3/5/1997 False Alarms on Clean Air The Washington Post LINK
3/7/1997 Don't Overturn an environmental success San Jose Mercury News LINK
3/17/1997 FDA Successes Shouldn't Be Shortchanged ROLL CALL LINK
4/21/1997 Don't Hand Victory to Tobacco Companies Los Angeles Times LINK
4/21/1997 Don´t Believe Industry Hit on EPA´s Clean Air Standards ROLL CALL LINK
6/29/1997 Don't Sign it The Washington Post LINK
10/3/1999 Burbank Air Port Expansion Los Angeles Times LINK
4/17/2000 Bad Information Can Be Deadly Los Angeles Times LINK
5/11/2000 Outrageous Prescription Drug Prives for Seniors Beverly Hills Weekly LINK
8/9/2000 In the Democratic Spirit, Let Workers Decide How to Unionize Los Angeles Times LINK
11/1/2000 Add Criminal Penalties to Product Liability Laws Chamber of Commerce LINK
3/24/2001 A Jackpot For the Cabinet The Washington Post LINK
7/23/2001 Upgrade the technology South Florida Sun-Sentinel LINK
8/13/2001 Did NBC Make Call With Welch in the Backfield Los Angeles Times LINK
9/7/2001 Israel Under Siege The Jewish Journal LINK
1/18/2002 US congressman: 'Assad won't accept a Jewish state' The Jerusalem Post LINK
1/24/2002 All Enron Cards on the Table The Washington Post LINK
3/21/2002 The Future of the Global Tobacco Treaty Negotiations The New England Journal of Medicine LINK
4/2/2002 Arafat's Choice The Jewish Journal LINK
7/22/2002 Divestment would punish wrong side Daily Bruin LINK
8/1/2002 Government Vs. Business Beverly Hills Weekly LINK
9/30/2002 The Danger of Promoting As Yet Unproven Drugs The Wall Street Journal LINK
11/25/2002 Compensating a Must for Vaccing Injuries The Wall Street Journal LINK
7/17/2003 Breakdown Between the White House and Our Intelligence Experts Beverly Hills Weekly LINK
8/19/2003 The Bush Adminisration Owes the Public a Complete Accounting about Its Use of Intelligence on Iraq FindLaw's Legal Commentary LINK
3/28/2007 Why I'm Backing the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobaco Control Act The Hill LINK
9/9/2014 Letters to the Editor - Aermenian Article Concerns Pre-Publication LINK
4/15/2015 The Social Security Fix: Pay Back Funds The Jewish Journal LINK
Fall 1990 Religion in the Workplace with a twist Not Listed LINK
Not Listed A History of Adverse Drug Experiences: Congress Had Ample Evidence to Support Restrictions on the Promotion of Prescription Drugs Food and Drug Law Journal LINK
Not Listed America Finds AIDS Again Pre-Publication LINK
Not Listed Don't Condemn L.A. To a Life Of Dirty Air Not Listed LINK
Not Listed Environmental Hazards Next Door Pre-Publication LINK
Not Listed Letter to the Editorial Board - Tobacco Pre-Publication LINK
Not Listed Like Vietnam, AIDS will Change America Not Listed LINK
Not Listed Op-Ed - tobacco settlement Pre-Publication LINK
Not Listed Op-Ed on Prescription Drugs Pre-Publication LINK
Not Listed Preparing for the Smallpos Vaccine Pre-Publication LINK
Not Listed Regulatory Reform Op-Ed Pre-Publication LINK
Not Listed Rehash in the House Not Listed LINK
Not Listed Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D) Not Listed LINK
Not Listed Right-to-Know Op-Ed Pre-Publication LINK
Not Listed The Congressional Minyan Not Listed LINK
Not Listed Those Other Missing Children Pre-Publication LINK
Not Listed Tobacco & FDA Op-Ed Pre-Publication LINK
Not Listed Why I Am A Democrat Not Listed LINK
Not Listed Why Kerry: Bush Policies Endanger Israel The Jewish Journal LINK