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Rep. Waters Message to CA-43 About Coronavirus
March 18, 2020
Press Release
Dear Neighbor,
I know there has been great concern recently about COVID-19, also known as the Coronavirus, and what we can do as a community to protect our families. It is imperative that you remain calm, informed, and follow the guidance of our Los Angeles County public health experts and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). My staff and I are closely monitoring the situation, and we have compiled this webpage to help better inform you and your families.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 7, 2021
Contact: Marcus.Frias@mail.house.gov
Waters Statement Regarding FDA Approval of First New Alzheimer's Drug in 20 Years
Los Angeles – Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services and Co-Chair of the Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's, issued the following statement regarding the approval of Aducanumab – a drug to treat Alzheimer's disease - by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Waters Introduces Two Bills to Address Diabetes During COVID-19 and Beyond
Los Angeles – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, reintroduced H.R. 2179, the Affordable Insulin for the COVID-19 Emergency Act, and H.R. 2178, the Minority Diabetes Initiative Act. Congresswoman Waters previously introduced both bills in the 116th Congress.
Reps. Waters, Smith and Senators Klobuchar, Collins Introduce the Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Act
Rep. Waters Statement on the U.S. Surpassing 500,000 COVID-19 Related Deaths
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, issued the following statement after the United States surpassed 500,000 COVID-19 related deaths.
Congresswoman Waters Commemorates World AIDS Day 2020
Rep. Waters: "On World AIDS Day 2020, we must confront the unprecedented challenges of two simultaneous global pandemics...In honor of the millions of people we have lost to HIV/AIDS, I vow to continue my fight to keep our communities healthy and put an end to the HIV/AIDS pandemic once and for all."
LOS ANGELES – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) issued a statement on Donald Trump's failure to address the deadly surge in coronavirus cases and invoke the Defense Production Act (DPA) to provide adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers and vulnerable communities:
"As coronavirus cases and deaths in the United States surge and California, Florida, and Texas emerge as the deadly epicenters of this crisis, it is blatantly obvious that Donald Trump has failed this country in every way possible.
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), the Chair of the House Financial Services Committee and a member of the Congressional Diabetes Caucus, offered an amendment to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act (H.R. 1425) to protect Medicare patients with diabetes.
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) issued a statement on Donald Trump's negligence in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and his threats to protestors calling for the removal of statues of Confederate generals and slaveholders: