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Today on Capitol Hill, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), addressed safety and security concerns at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in the wake of the shooting incident that occurred on Nov. 1, 2013. She addressed the remarks to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator John Pistole, who testified during a hearing held by the Subcommittee on Transportation Security of the House Committee on Homeland Security, entitled "TSA's SPOT Program and Initial Lessons from the LAX Shooting."
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Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, delivered a keynote address on the need for robust housing finance reform at a public forum hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) Housing Commission. The forum covered future demographic trends impacting housing markets, efforts to link housing and healthcare to serve the most vulnerable populations, access to credit for perspective homebuyers, and efforts to incentivize the adoption of energy efficiency measures in housing.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) released the following statement regarding the shooting incident at Terminal 3 in Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) today:
"My thoughts and prayers are with the LAX shooting victims, their families and loved ones today. I pray for the health and recovery of those injured and for our first responders who arrived on the scene to tend to the wounded and secure the area inside the terminal.
Rafu Shimpo
Titled "Avoid Scams and Plan Wisely," the workshop will cover ways to be on alert for scams that target older people and ways to prevent identity theft, as well as advice on financial management and planning from a panel of financial experts.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, delivered the keynote address at the Los Angeles Business Council's Mayoral Housing, Transportation & Jobs Summit that took place at UCLA's Korn Convocation Hall on Friday, Oct.18. Hosted by the UCLA Anderson School of Business, the Summit, now in its 12th year, is a gathering of top business leaders and elected officials.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) was awarded the inaugural Judge Harry Pregerson Public Service Award by U.S. VETS on Thursday, Oct. 17th. This award honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the veterans' community and whose accomplishments can be viewed as models of public service within and outside the work environment. The award was presented to Congresswoman Waters at the U.S.VETS Annual Dinner in Los Angeles.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement following the House of Representatives vote on legislation to raise the debt limit and end the government shutdown.
"I'm pleased that Congress has finally voted to end this unnecessary government shutdown and debt limit crisis. However, I remain concerned that the resolution passed today only opens the government and extends the debt ceiling for a precious few months.
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), was thrilled to join the U.S. Department of Justice in announcing that the City of Inglewood will receive a $1 million Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program grant, to hire eight new law enforcement officers.
LA Sentinel
The Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles (HACoLA) welcomed Congresswoman Maxine Waters recently to the Harbor Hills Public Housing Development (Harbor Hills), located in the city of Lomita and California's newly-created 43rd Congressional District.
CBSLA.com
Congresswoman Maxine Waters Monday hosted a roundtable discussion on Calif.'s implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
The discussion ran from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Lawndale Community Center, 14700 Burin Avenue.
"We are holding a roundtable of all of the significant stakeholders. This includes doctors, hospitals, AARP, and community clinics," Waters told KNX1070. "We want to know from them exactly what their role is, how they plan on implementing and how they plan on outreaching."