Henry Waxman: September 2010

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Henry Waxman: September 2010

Weiner And Waxman Holding Goldline Hearings Next Week

Jillian Rayfield | September 17, 2010, 8:42AM

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY)

Reps. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) and Henry Waxman (D-CA) have announced a hearing next Thursday on Goldline International, a company that encourages consumers to convert their assets into gold to prepare for the supposedly inevitable market collapse. Goldline has been accused, by Weiner and others, of using "aggressive sales tactics and conservative spokespeople such as Fox News' Glenn Beck to sell overpriced gold coins."

The House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection will meet at 10 a.m. ET on Thursday, September 23 " to discuss legislation that would regulate gold-selling companies, an industry who's relentless advertising is now staple of cable television," according to a statement.

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Topics: Anthony Weiner, Glenn Beck, Goldline, Henry Waxman

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BP Spent $93.4 Million On Advertising Between April And July

Rachel Slajda | September 1, 2010, 1:08PM

A still from a BP ad titled "Making It Right: Cleanup"

BP spent $93.4 million on U.S. advertising efforts between April, when the Deepwater Horizon exploded, and the end of the July.

According to Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), who's heading one of the investigations into the oil spill, that's three times the amount BP spent on advertising in the same period last year.