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Priscella Vega
Despite a series of troublesome safety issues at ExxonMobil's Torrance refinery, South Bay Reps. Ted Lieu and Maxine Waters nevertheless praised the oil giant Monday for its role as a major employer and in acknowledging the threat of climate change.
ExxonMobil, which employs 650 of its own employees as well as 550 contract workers, was among the major regional employers commended by Lieu and Waters at the 14th annual State of the Region address, hosted by the Torrance Chamber of Commerce at the Doubletree hotel.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, and a congressional leader on HIV/AIDS issues, called for increased funding for the Minority AIDS Initiative, which was established under her leadership in 1998 to address the disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS on racial and ethnic minorities.
By Nao Nakanishi and Mia Nakaji Monnier
Members of the Ad Hoc Committee to Save Keiro met on Nov. 24 with California State Attorney General Kamala Harris' staff at the Los Angeles branch of the Attorney General's Office.
The long-awaited meeting to discuss the sale of Keiro Senior HealthCare's four facilities to the for-profit Pacifica Companies was set up through the efforts of Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Gardena). Although the attorney general has already approved the sale, with conditions, the committee is requesting that the sale be postponed and that a public hearing be held.
By Brittany K. Jackson
The First Ladies Health Initiative held its 5th Annual Los Angeles and Orange County First Ladies Health Luncheon symposium at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on November 21.
The forum was designed to bring social and health awareness to minority residents of Southern California and abroad. The fine dining, upscale event was sponsored by Walgreens and featured several distinguished guests and keynote speakers.
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South Central Los Angeles Regional Center (SCLARC) held its grand opening on Saturday, November 14, and tour of the facility at their new site the "Legacy Plaza." The event included national, state and local elected officials who participated in the program. The afternoon event began on the open plaza with the ribbon cutting ceremony conducted by none other than the Honorable Congresswoman Maxine Waters. Waters remarked on her long-term relationship with the regional center and with the late O.V. Smith, a pioneer in the field of work related to those with development disabilities.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, applauded the House of Representatives' passage of the conference report on H.R. 22, Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act). The conference report provides $281 billion in guaranteed funding for highway, bridge, public transit, and transportation safety over the next five years. Congresswoman Waters voted in favor of the conference report, which passed the House by an overwhelming, bipartisan vote of 359 to 65.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, released the following statement regarding the vote against the sale of 241 public housing sites throughout South Los Angeles by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday:
By Mia Nakaji Monnier and Nao Nakanishi
When it began in September, the Ad Hoc Committee to Save Keiro was motley group of just four members, concerned about how residents would be affected if Keiro Senior HealthCare sold its facilities to a company outside the Japanese American community.
LOS ANGELES – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, honored Second Lieutenant Glenn Clanin at the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 2075 Annual Thanksgiving Celebration in Hawthorne, California on November 22, 2015. VFW Post 2075 is led by Commander Roger Morrissey.
LOS ANGELES - Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, was honored at the Fifth Annual First Ladies Health Luncheon Symposium on Saturday, November 21, 2015 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. The Annual First Ladies Health Initiative event brings together pastors' wives, known as First Ladies, from area churches throughout Los Angeles and Orange County with healthcare professionals.