Henry Waxman: Congressional Chameleon

The following is an excerpt from the forthcoming book, “Stuck: How Money, Media, and Violence Prevent Change in Congress.”
Standing five feet, five inches tall, with a thick mustache and a warm smile, Henry Waxman says that he came to Congress to help people. He credits his parents with instilling in him a sense of political involvement, recounting how they went through the Great Depression and taught him that government intervention can help people. Henry Waxman was first elected as part of the historic “Class of 1974,” a group of 92 new members of Congress elected immediately after the…
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