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February 3, 2015

Waters Statement on the President's Budget Request

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the release of President Obama's fiscal year 2016 budget request, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee, and member of the Democratic Steering & Policy Committee, applauded the President for including a number of important spending increases for HIV/AIDS programs, Alzheimer's research and for the government agencies that are charged with policing Wall Street.


February 3, 2015

Congresswoman Waters Honored by 10th Council District Women's Steering Committee of Los Angeles

Issues: 43rd District

February 3, 2015

Waters & Ellison Lead Congressional Letter to FCC on Reclassification of the Internet

Letter Calls on FCC to Protect Communities of Color


January 30, 2015

Waters Leads 54 Members Seeking Robust HIV/AIDS Funding in Fiscal Year 2016 Budget

December 19, 2014

Issues: Health Care

January 30, 2015

Reps. Smith, Waters Announce Expansion of Alzheimer's Task Force in House

Bipartisan caucus welcomes new co-chairs Reps. Burgess, Fattah


January 29, 2015

Congresswoman Waters Urges President Obama to Take Action to Stop the Slaughter of Civilians by Boko Haram

Compares the Situation in Nigeria to the Rwandan Genocide

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter to President Obama yesterday urging him to take immediate action to stop the slaughter of civilians in Nigeria by Boko Haram. The text of the letter follows:


January 27, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of House Financial Services Committee, welcomed Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller at a reception on Capitol Hill hosted by Congresswoman Waters, Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chairman, Congressman G.K. Butterfield and New York Congresswoman, Yvette Clarke.

Issues: Foreign Affairs

January 23, 2015

Waters Congratulates LAWA and the City of Inglewood on Reaching Agreement for Residential Sound Insulation


January 23, 2015

Congresswoman Waters Commends the President for Calling for End to Embargo on Cuba in SOTU

Washington, D.C. -- Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued a statement commending President Obama for outlining his new policy towards Cuba and calling for an end to the embargo on Cuba in his January 20th State of the Union (SOTU) address. The new policy towards Cuba was announced by the Administration on December 17, 2014. The Congresswoman's statement follows:

Issues: Foreign Affairs

January 23, 2015

Waters Honored by the YoYo School of Hip Hop, Founded by Grammy-nominated Rapper Yolanda "YoYo" Whitaker