Maxine in the News
  • Waters vows action to avert 'unaffordable' premium hikes blamed on flood insurance bill
    May 11, 2013 - The co-author of legislation that Louisiana officials say is leading to significant hikes in federal flood insurance premiums promised Saturday to work with congressional colleagues and the Obama administration officials to resolve the problem. "As one of the primary authors of the Biggert-Waters Fl... More
  • The Mellowing of Maxine Waters
    May 11, 2013 - OVER her 22 years in Congress, Maxine Waters has likened bank executives to “gangsters,” snarkily addressed them as “captains of the universe” and threatened to tax their companies “out of business.” The Democrat from Los Angeles, in other words, is not known for showing love to the financial indust... More
  • Officials: Obama naming NC's Watt for housing post
    May 10, 2013 - President Barack Obama nominated veteran Rep. Melvin Watt to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the government regulator that oversees lending giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. He also has chosen a former telecommunications lobbyist to head the Federal Communications Commission, the White Hou... More
  • Westchester: Council offers motion to fund second light rail stop
    May 9, 2013 - Once considered an afterthought on the Crenshaw/LAX Corridor Light Rail Line, the proposed Hindry Avenue station in Westchester has had some influential supporters come to its aid this year in an attempt to revive hope for a second Westchester stop on the mass transit line. Los Angeles Councilman Bi... More
  • Leuzinger High student wins Congressional Art contest
    May 7, 2013 - Leuzinger High School senior Christopher Lizama has won first place for an art piece he submitted in the 2013 Congressional Art Competition. South Bay Rep. Maxine Waters recognized the 17-year-old Hawthorne resident this week along with 23 other local high school students of the 43rd District who pa... More
  • Waters vows Cordray will testify
    Apr 23, 2013 - Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) on Tuesday promised to foil the Republican ban on testimony from consumer bureau chief Richard Cordray. Waters, the ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, said the decision to prohibit testimony from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) d... More
  • African First Ladies, U.S. Doctors convene second historic health summit in Los Angeles
    Apr 18, 2013 - U.S. Doctors for Africa, a Los-Angeles-based non-profit organization, convened the 2nd African First Ladies Health Summit at the Intercontinental Hotel Century City April 2-4. The Summit provided a platform for the first ladies to make individual presentations and obtain strategic partners to help t... More
  • Westchester Streetscape project begins
    Apr 4, 2013 - Rep. Maxine Waters, D-South Los Angeles, helped break ground March 28 on a public works project that she helped secure $1 million in federal funds to replace the sidewalk and plant new trees along a stretch of Sepulveda Boulevard in Westchester. Waters joined Los Angeles City Councilman Bill Rosenda... More
  • LAX flight attendants, pilots protest lifting of TSA ban on knives
    Apr 1, 2013 - The fight to keep small knives off planes has gone to the front lines: Flight attendants lobbied passengers Monday to join them in putting pressure on the TSA not to change current security policy. Flight attendants were walking from terminal to terminal to enlist grass-roots support, urging passeng... More
  • Westchester: Waters bill targets more construction jobs, additional rail station
    Mar 21, 2013 - Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Westchester) has reintroduced legislation that could pave the way for additional light rail stations in Leimert Park as well as Westchester. The Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Grants for Job Creation Act was announced March 13 and would provide $... More

 

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