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Today Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative, Ron Kirk, welcoming the release of the United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Tobacco Proposal. The initiative reflects President Obama’s strong commitment to tobacco control efforts and addresses the unique harm posed by tobacco products by creating a safe harbor for health authorities in TPP member countries to adopt tobacco control regulations designed to protect the public’s health.
The full text of the letter is below and also available online here.
Today, Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings and Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman sent a letter to Thomas Donohue, President and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, regarding the Chamber’s Institute for Legal Reform (ILR), which has pushed for changes to weaken the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Today, Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings and Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman sent a letter to Wal-Mart CEO Michael Duke after an examination of hundreds of internal documents relating to the Wal-Mart bribery allegations.
Today Ranking Members Henry A. Waxman, Bobby L. Rush, and Diana DeGette sent a letter to Chairman Upton renewing a request for a hearing on the practice of natural gas flaring at oil production facilities in the U.S. and its potential energy and environmental impact. The request follows a recent report that the U.S. shale boom caused global gas flaring to rise in 2011, reversing a downward trend. The United States now falls in the top 10 countries for natural gas flaring, along with Russia, Nigeria, and Iraq.
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin, Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim McDermott, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Emeritus Charles B. Rangel, and Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman announced a briefing on the fifth anniversary of the “May 10 Agreement” on trade. The briefing will take place on Thursday, May 10, 2012, in B-318 Rayburn House Office Building, beginning at 2:00 P.M.
Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman, Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Edward J. Markey, and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette released the following statement in response to new EPA draft guidelines on use of diesel fuel in oil and gas hydraulic fracturing: