Quotes from Henry Waxman

While vast sums of money are being siphoned off into hidden [military] coffers, Americas schools, hospitals and public services are facing cutbacks and closures.

The sanctity of our battlefields, monuments, and veterans institutions is of utmost importance to preserve military history and pay respect to those who fought.

I don't think everybody has a right to a weapon which can be used to kill innocent people and maybe threaten the life of a president of the United States.

Americans are sick and tired of political gamesmanship.

What we now have in Iraq is a defeat.

Memorials become relics if they do not stir our modern conscience.