Representatives Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Bobby Rush (D-IL) have sent a letter to Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), Chair of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and to Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), Chair of that committee's Energy and Power Subcommittee, requesting a committee hearing on climate change, with a focus on Hurricane Sandy. In the letter, Waxman and Rush note that they have requested hearings on climate change from these committees 17 times without success.