Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking member of the Committee on Financial Services, released the following statement after the Los Angeles Unified School District closed 900 schools after receiving a threat via email on Tuesday.
Congresswoman Waters' statement follows:
LOS ANGELES - Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of Committee on Financial Services, and Congressman Ted Lieu (CA-33) delivered remarks at the 14th Annual State of the Region event sponsored by the Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce on Monday, December 14th at the DoubleTree by Hilton Torrance-South Bay in Torrance. Congresswoman Waters and Congressman Lieu were invited by the Chamber to give updates about the legislation and economic development opportunity affecting the South Bay region.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, released the following statement after the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Baitus-Salaam Mosque and the Islamic Center of Hawthorne were vandalized in Hawthorne, California.
Congresswoman Waters' statement follows:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, released the following statement following comments made by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in the Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin (Fisher II) U.S. Supreme Court case.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, introduced the Minority Diabetes Initiative Act (H.R. 4209). This bill will establish an initiative to provide grants to physicians and community-based organizations for diabetes prevention, care and treatment programs in minority communities. The bill is supported by 42 of the Congresswoman's congressional colleagues.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, and a congressional leader on HIV/AIDS issues, called for increased funding for the Minority AIDS Initiative, which was established under her leadership in 1998 to address the disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS on racial and ethnic minorities.
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Waters, Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, and Congressman Bobby Scott, Ranking Member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, support the release of the Department of Education's Second Report of the Special Master for Borrower Defense that announced the authorization of full relief of student loan debt for 1,312 Corinthian College students.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, applauded the House of Representatives' passage of the conference report on H.R. 22, Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act). The conference report provides $281 billion in guaranteed funding for highway, bridge, public transit, and transportation safety over the next five years. Congresswoman Waters voted in favor of the conference report, which passed the House by an overwhelming, bipartisan vote of 359 to 65.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, released the following statement regarding the vote against the sale of 241 public housing sites throughout South Los Angeles by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, issued the following statement in recognition of World AIDS Day:
"World AIDS Day is an important day for the global community to unite in the fight against HIV/AIDS. This day gives us the opportunity to offer support and resources to people living with HIV/AIDS and to honor those who have lost their lives while battling the disease."