[img_assist|nid=2290|title=U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=244]U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) will join U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes (D-Concord) for a fundraiser next week.

Waxman will attend a fundraiser for the Merrimack County Democrats on July 12 in Concord at the Red River Theatres. A ticket to the event will cost $15.

The fundraiser was announced by Alex Lee, the chairman of the Merrimack County Democrats, on the website Blue Hampshire.

Waxman is Chairman of the House Government Oversight and Reform Committee, a committee that Hodes also sits on.

Update: "Bringing a California Congressman to New Hampshire for headlines and cash only reinforces what we have been saying all along—Paul Hodes is beholden to Pelosi Politics," state Sen. Bob Clegg (R-Hudson) said in a statement. "He uses Waxman to hype himself and has voted with California’s Nancy Pelosi 98% of the time.  I think we know which state his values come from, and it’s not the Granite State."