Member, District 30
About Henry A. Waxman
From Los Angeles, CA; born in Los Angeles,
September 12, 1939; education: B.A., political science, UCLA, 1961;
J.D., School of Law; admitted to the California State bar, 1965; served
three terms as California State Assemblyman; former chairman, California
Assembly Health Committee; Select Committee on Medical Malpractice; and
Committee on Elections and Reapportionment; president, California
Federation of Young Democrats, 1965-67; member: Guardians of the Jewish
Home for the Aged; American Jewish Congress; Sierra Club; married: the
former Janet Kessler, 1971; children: Carol Lynn and Michael David;
committees: Energy and Commerce; ranking member, Government Reform;
elected to the 94th Congress on November 5, 1974; reelected to each
succeeding Congress.