Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) congratulated two constituents, Cinthya Benitez and Mayra Negrete, on winning the annual Southwest Airlines "¡Lánzate!/Take Off!" Travel Award for 2015.

All too often, students of color have fewer higher education opportunities due to the high cost of tuition and travel at out-of-state universities. But with Southwest's "¡Lánzate!/Take Off!" prize, two deserving students will face one less barrier, with Southwest awarding them complimentary roundtrip tickets to their universities of choice.

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, introduced the Students Before Profits Act, a bill recently introduced in the United States Senate by Senators Christopher Murphy and Richard Durbin, and co-sponsored by Senators Elizabeth Warren, and Sherrod Brown. This legislation protects students against deceptive practices by predatory for-profit institutions of higher education.

LOS ANGELES – The South Bay Workforce Investment Board (SBWIB), a workforce investment organization serving Carson, El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Lawndale, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, Lomita and Torrance, celebrated its 20^th Annual South Bay Workforce Investment Board Alumni Awards Ceremony on Thursday, October 30^th.

Congresswoman Waters gave the keynote address at the event and in doing so commended Jan Vogel, the CEO of SBWIB for his many years of work for the organization.

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee, submitted an amendment to the House Rules Committee, which would expand the popular TIGER transportation program, and urged the Rules Committee to allow her to offer her amendment on the House floor during consideration of the transportation bill. The Congresswoman's amendment would provide $7.5 billion for TIGER over 6 years, consistent with the President's proposal to expand TIGER. The funding would be exempt from sequestration.

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee, applauded the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's passage of the Carson-Waters amendment, which ensures equity for economically distressed urban communities in the distribution of Federal highway funds. The amendment was offered at Congresswoman Waters' request by Congressman André Carson (IN-07) during the committee's consideration of the surface transportation reauthorization bill.

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee and a leading advocate in Congress for HIV/AIDS prevention, testing and treatment, marked National Latino AIDS Awareness Day by reiterating her support for robust federal funding for domestic HIV/AIDS programs in fiscal year (FY) 2016.

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee, introduced the Integrated Transportation and Economic Development Act (H.R. 3740), prior to adjournment on October 9, 2015. This bill will amend the national goals of the Federal aid-highway program to include the improvement of road conditions in economically distressed urban communities. Ten Members of Congress joined the Congresswoman as original cosponsors, and four additional Members subsequently agreed to cosponsor the bill.