Press Releases
Waters Commemorates 25th Anniversary of Nelson Mandela's Release from Prison
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of Financial Services Committee, released the following statement today, commemorating the 25th Anniversary of Nelson Mandela's release from Victor Verster Prison in South Africa.
In Honor of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Waters Reintroduces the Stop AIDS in Prison Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of House Financial Services Committee, reintroduced the Stop AIDS in Prison Act yesterday in honor of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, which will be celebrated tomorrow, February 7th. The bill is now H.R. 768 and has 23 original cosponsors.
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.
Congresswoman Waters Honored by 10th Council District Women's Steering Committee of Los Angeles
Waters & Ellison Lead Congressional Letter to FCC on Reclassification of the Internet
Letter Calls on FCC to Protect Communities of Color
Waters Leads 54 Members Seeking Robust HIV/AIDS Funding in Fiscal Year 2016 Budget
December 19, 2014
Reps. Smith, Waters Announce Expansion of Alzheimer's Task Force in House
Bipartisan caucus welcomes new co-chairs Reps. Burgess, Fattah
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:
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.
Waters Congratulates LAWA and the City of Inglewood on Reaching Agreement for Residential Sound Insulation