Breaking: Waxman Beats out Dingell for US Energy Panel Chair [2]
Just got word that Rep. Henry Waxman has won the nod to head the Energy and Commerce Committee over Rep. John Dingell 137 to 122 in votes.
This is a new day for climate policy in the United States, Waxman is a leading champion in Congress of laws to protect the environment and fight global warming, while Dingell spent the last two years more interested in boosting the Big Auto lobby [7]and fighting against higher fuel economy standards for cars.
Waxman is also well known the “Waxman Hearings” [8] that took on the tobacco industry over their massive efforts in the 80’s and 90’s to fight and confuse the science around tobacco use and cancer rates.
Update: here’s the New York times story on the Dingell Defeat - Longtime Head of House Energy Panel is Ousted [9]
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