My Interview With Representative Henry Waxman
By Marc Ash
t r u t h o u t | Report
Thursday 31 January 2008
In late December, I had the opportunity to sit down with House Oversight Committee
Chairman Henry Waxman. The conversation was a unique chance to talk with a legislator
at the forefront of multiple investigations into malfeasance at the highest
levels of American government.
Henry Waxman is a fascinating character. No legislator on Capitol Hill has
done more to make public the events taking place inside the most secretive White
House in US history than the congressman from California's 30th District. He's
in a league by himself. As a member of the majority, a member of the minority
or as the chairman, Henry Waxman has been flat-out relentless in pursuing documentation
the Bush administration maintains under a cloak of total secrecy. Waxman is
as aggressive as any member of Congress has ever been.
If you are looking for news of investigations, you've got that here. However,
if you are looking for an indication that Congress will move forward to address
evidence of violations of federal law by Bush administration officials, that
was conspicuously absent.
It is a very thoughtful conversation. Take a few moments if you will.
You can send comments to Truthout Executive Director Marc Ash at: director@truthout.org.
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