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"I am proud to support the Back to Work Budget.
Nathan Hurst, CQ Roll Call
A senior House Democrat is seeking support for legislation that would pump more money into the Transportation Department's popular TIGER grant program.
Maxine Waters of California has sent a letter to colleagues, trying to find cosponsors for a bill that would restore cuts to the grant program for infrastructure projects with national or regional significance, which funds road, bridge, transit and airport projects of regional and national interest.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) issued the following statement today regarding the upcoming March 1 sequester deadline:
"The clock is ticking and the deadline is quickly approaching to avert across-the-board spending cuts known as the sequester, which is scheduled to take effect on Friday, March 1. The $85 billion in automatic spending cuts will have a devastating impact on families throughout the country, and will slow economic growth and job creation.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters released the following statement regarding the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) plans to end Saturday mail delivery:
"The announcement by Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe to eliminate Saturday first-class mail delivery starting in August without support of Congress is an arbitrary decision. Our constituents will be disadvantaged by this loss, especially our businesses that depend on timely and reliable mail delivery in order to operate a successful business.
The following remarks were made by Congresswoman Waters during a joint subcommittee hearing on the implementation of the JOBS Act. The hearing included members of the House Financial Services Committee and the House Oversight and Government Reform Commitee.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding a hearing this morning on the important issue of implementation of the JOBS Act.
by Katie Glueck, Politico
"The pledge is not for life, but everybody who signed the pledge including Peter King, and tried to weasel out of it, shame on him," Norquist said on CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight" on Monday, adding, "I hope his wife understands that commitments last a little longer than two years or something."
Kristin Donnelly, MSNBC's Jansing & Co.
"We Democrats were pleased that we were able to protect the average American family in America. This was not difficult. We did not get everything. Yes we did kick [the can] down the road. There are spending cuts and some other things that have to be considered, but we did protect the American taxpayer and we made sure they didn't have a tax increase," Waters said on Jansing & Co.
Washington Post
Robert Schmidt and Michael J. MooreAug 03, 2012 12:00 am ET
Aug. 3 (Bloomberg) -- The trading losses at Knight Capital Group Inc. renewed pressure on Washington regulators to prove they are equipped to protect investors in markets that are increasingly computerized and fragmented.
Whitney Kisling, ©2012 Bloomberg News
Published 01:28 p.m., Thursday, August 2, 2012
(Updates throughout with more details, comments.)
By Suzanne Barlyn
July 25 | Wed Jul 25, 2012 1:22pm EDT
(Reuters) - U.S. House lawmakers on Wednesday introduced legislation that would require certain investment advisers pay fees to help fund adviser examinations conducted by regulators.
Representative Maxine Waters from California, the second-ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, said in a statement that she introduced the bill "to provide a dedicated funding source" to help the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission better police the roughly 10,000 investment advisers the agency will oversee.