Henry Waxman

Henry Arnold Waxman (born September 12, 1939 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American politician of the Democratic Party . He was a member of the US House of Representatives from 1975 to 2015 , where he represented the 30th Congressional constituency of California, which covers an area northwest of Los Angeles with the cities of Beverly Hills , Santa Monica , West Hollywood and Malibu .

Life

Henry Waxman was born in Los Angeles. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a bachelor's degree in political science in 1961 and then earned a Juris Doctor degree from UCLA Law School . Subsequently he practiced as a lawyer.

He is married and has a son and a daughter and four grandchildren.

Political career

From 1969 to 1974 Waxman was a member of the California State Assembly . He was elected to Congress for the first time in 1974 , to which he subsequently belonged until 2015 after being repeatedly confirmed. Most recently, he was re-elected against the independent candidate Bill Bloomfield in the 2012 elections with 54 percent of the vote. In 2009 he became Chairman of the House Energy and Trade Committee ; Together with Ed Markey, he was the author of the draft, also known as the Waxman-Markey bill , for a Clean Energy and Security Act , with which the United States' emissions of greenhouse gases are to be regulated. In 2014, Waxman declined to run again.

Web links

Commons : Henry Waxman - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Wikisource: Henry Waxman - Sources and full texts (English)

Henry Waxman in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
Henry Waxman in the nndb (English)
New York Times - Topics: Henry A. Waxman - New York Times articles and commentarieson Henry Waxman

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME	Waxman, Henry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Waxman, Henry Arnold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	September 12, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH	Los Angeles , California

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