Press Releases
Rep. Waters Demands the Preservation of the State and Local Income Tax Deduction (SALT)
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement demanding that the state and local income tax deduction remain intact:
Rep. Waters Demands Twitter Disclose Kremlin-linked User Accounts that Targeted her District
Rep. Waters Slams Donald Trump's Failure to Enforce Sanctions on Russia
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement on Donald Trump's failure to take action to enforce sanctions on Russia prior to the October 1st deadline required by the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (H.R. 3364; Public Law No: 115-44):
His goal is to sabotage our nation's health care system just because a major health reform law has his predecessor's name on it.
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement on Donald Trump's decision to eliminate the federal cost-sharing subsidies that help pay out-of-pocket costs for middle- and low- income families:
Congresswoman Waters' Statement on Post-Hurricane Recovery Efforts in the U.S. Virgin Islands
WASHINGTON—Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee and Co-Chair of the Congressional Caribbean Caucus, released the following statement today regarding the status of the post-hurricane recovery efforts in the U.S. Virgin Islands:
Congresswoman Waters Condemns Donald Trump's Efforts to Destroy the American Health Care System
WASHINGTON—Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement after Donald Trump signed an executive order undermining the Affordable Care Act (ACA):
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October 6, 2017
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Congresswoman Waters on Trump Attacking Women (in More Ways than One)
WASHINGTON—Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement after the announcement that President Trump has restricted women's access to birth control.
Stamp Will Raise Funds for Research and Treatment of Disease
Washington, D.C.—Today, in response to requests from Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), Co-Chair of the Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, the Postal Service announced that it is issuing a new stamp to promote Alzheimer's awareness and support research on the disease.
Congresswoman Waters' Statement on Las Vegas Shooting
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, released a statement following the tragic shooting near the Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas that claimed at least 59 innocent lives and injured more than 500 people:
Congresswoman Waters Slams Trump Administration for Not Doing More for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, made the following statement on the Trump Administration's response in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to the damage caused by Hurricane Maria: