Rep. Henry Waxman's Profile

After receiving his J.D. from UCLA’s school of law in 1964, Henry Waxman practiced law for several years. He was elected to the California Assembly in 1969, where he served three terms. In 1974, Waxman was elected to the U.S House of Representatives. He has been especially vocal in promoting health and environmental causes. Official Biography
Birthday: September 12, 1939
Committees: Chair, Energy & Commerce
The Issues: Find out where Rep. Waxman stands on the issues.
Other: Married, Jewish

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Q: Google recently hired goats to cut the grass at their development headquarters. Is there any chance that Congress would consider make the switch to greener goat powered lawn care? What are some of the things that your committee has done to make the Capito
A: I’m not going-I don’t have an answer for that.
Answered by Henry Waxman on June 23, 2009
Asked by Elvin Jones from Nashville, TN
Q: Google recently hired goats to cut the grass at their development headquarters. Is there any chance that Congress would consider make the switch to greener goat powered lawn care? What are some of the things that your committee has done to make the Capito
A: I’m not going-I don’t have an answer for that.
Answered by Henry Waxman on June 17, 2009
Asked by Elvin Jones from Nashville, TN

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