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The Waxman Report: How Congress Really Works (Paperback)

By: Henry Waxman (Author)

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"Henry Waxman is to Congress what Ted Williams was to baseball--a natural. As you read this nicely proportioned, fast-paced book, you realize that Waxman was born to be a member of the House, ideally the chairman of an important committee....THE WAXMAN REPORT explains how Congress ''can'' work, and it is fun to read. You finish it with gratitude to the voters of Beverly Hills and nearby areas who keep returning this ornery fellow to the House to challenge special interests. More Waxmans on both sides of the aisle would give us a much better Congress than the one we've got."

"[T]he congressman...has, along with his collaborator Joshua Green...produced something unexpected and rather fine. THE WAXMAN REPORT IS part compelling memoir, part fascinating, shrewd civics lesson and part bracing statement of practical idealism. It's impossible to put down and a joy to read--a model, in fact, of lucid exposition."

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I was born in 1939 in the East Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights.

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No matter which party is in control at any given time, Congressman Henry Waxman may be in the minority on one major point--he believes that legislation is still an art, and when it is done well it is a beautiful and effective thing.In THE WAXMAN REPORT, he explains how a bill can effectively be written and shepherded through committees until it is ready for a vote. He examines The Ryan White Act, The Clean Air Act, and laws on nutrition labeling, dietary supplements, and pesticides became law. Waxman has chaired the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which has held hearing on topics such as tobacco, fraud, and steroids in Major League Baseball. .

At a time when some of the most sweeping national initiatives in decades are being debated, Congressman Henry Waxman offers a fascinating inside account of how Congress really works by describing the subtleties and complexities of the legislative process.
For four decades, Waxman has taken visionary and principled positions on crucial issues and been a driving force for change. Because of legislation he helped champion, our air is cleaner, our food is safer, and our medical care better. Thanks to his work as a top watchdog in Congress, crucial steps have been taken to curb abuses on Wall Street, to halt wasteful spending in Iraq, and to ban steroids from Major League Baseball. Few legislators can match his accomplishments or his insights on how good work gets done in Washington.
In this book, Waxman affords readers a rare glimpse into how this is achieved-the strategy, the maneuvering, the behind-the-scenes deals. He shows how the things we take for granted (clear information about tobacco's harmfulness, accurate nutritional labeling, important drugs that have saved countless lives) started out humbly-derided by big business interests as impossible or even destructive. Sometimes, the most dramatic breakthroughs occur through small twists of fate or the most narrow voting margin. Waxman's stories are surprising because they illustrate that while government's progress may seem glacial, much is happening, and small battles waged over years can yield great results.
At a moment when so much has been written about what's "wrong" with Congress-the grid-lock, the partisanship, the influence of interest groups-Henry Waxman offers sophisticated, concrete examples of how govern-ment can (and should) work.

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