Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee and Co-Chair of the bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease, called for robust funding for Alzheimer's research and patient support programs in fiscal year 2018. The funding requests were included in four letters to leaders of the House Committee on Appropriations, which were signed by many of the Congresswoman's congressional colleagues.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee and a congressional leader on HIV/AIDS issues, called for increases in funding for domestic HIV/AIDS programs in fiscal year 2018. The proposed increases were included in two letters to leaders of the House Committee on Appropriations, which were signed by many of the Congresswoman's congressional colleagues.
Washington, D.C. -- Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee, issued a statement in response to the Trump Administration's inconsistent statements on Syria, following the administration's airstrikes against a Syrian airfield. Her statement follows:
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of House Financial Services Committee, urged expansion of the TIGER transportation program in a letter dated April 4th to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations.
Congresswoman Waters Reintroduces the Stop AIDS in Prison Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee and a Congressional leader in the fight against HIV/AIDS, reintroduced the Stop AIDS in Prison Act today (H.R. 1882). This bill requires the Federal Bureau of Prisons to develop a comprehensive policy to provide HIV/AIDS prevention, testing, and treatment for inmates in federal prisons. The bill has 33 original cosponsors.
Congresswoman Waters Tells Republicans to Leave Trumpcare in the Trashcan Where it Belongs!
Washington, D.C. -- Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee, issued a statement after Speaker Paul Ryan cancelled the vote on "Trumpcare," Republicans' bill to overhaul our nation's health system, which had been scheduled for today in the House of Representatives. Her statement follows:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), along with Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), reintroduced the bipartisan Private Property Rights Protection Act, which would provide American citizens with the means to protect their private property from inappropriate claims of eminent domain.
For Immediate Release
March 21, 2017
Contact: Twaun Samuel
Phone: (202) 225-2201
E-mail: Twaun.Samuel@mail.house.gov
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee, released the following statement in response to the House Intelligence Committee's public hearing on Russian Active Measures Investigation:
Congresswoman Waters' Statement on the President's Budget, which Slashes EPA & Shuts Down CSB
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee and Torrance representative, released a statement today, after reviewing President Trump's budget, which would shut down the Chemical Safety Board (CSB) and cut funding for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by more than 31 percent. Her statement follows:
Congresswoman Waters Slams Trumpcare After CBO Report Exposes Disastrous Impacts
Washington, D.C. -- Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee, issued a statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its report on House Republicans' bill to overhaul our nation's health system, which President Trump is trying to convince Members of Congress to support. Her statement follows: