Word: waxman
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...Halliburton faces continuing accusations of overcharging and poor management. In May, the Army decided to suspend (for the second time) $159.5 million it owed KBR for running 64 dining halls across Iraq--the latest in a series of disputed bills and erroneous cost estimates. Representative Henry Waxman, a senior Democratic member of the House Government Reform Committee, says military contractors in Iraq don't have enough competition or oversight to keep them honest. "This is a great deal for Halliburton and Bechtel, but it's an absolutely horrendous arrangement for the taxpayer," says Waxman, who calls it "a recipe...
...standards in place today, from a regulatory point of view, to make that assurance.” A compelling argument, if only it were true. Tobias’ testimony conveniently ignores the World Health Organization’s (WHO) expert drug review and prequalification system, which, as Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., aptly put it, “constitutes a process, includes principles, and sets standards.” What’s more: the two generic FDCs in question, Triviro and Triomune, have both been approved through the WHO’s pre-qualification process...
...unlikely that any such process will be set up before September, at the earliest. In any case, establishing a parallel approval process to the WHO’s is not the solution. This would just pave the way for political interference in future scientific decisions and, as Waxman notes, lead to “conflicting international standards, confusing countries and donors...
...Noah C. Waxman ’04, a VES concentrator with two metal sculptures in the show, praised the exhibition as a rare opportunity to present art—especially large sculptures and paintings—in a professional setting...
...It’s nice to get it out of the clutter of the studio and get it into the right lighting, so that people can concentrate on it as a whole,” Waxman said...