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March 14, 2013
Today Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Financial Services, reintroduced the FHA Emergency Fiscal Solvency Act. The legislation, co-sponsored by Representative Michael E. Capuano, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, is designed to strengthen FHA and to help ensure its long-term solvency.

In recent years, the agency has stepped into the void, providing crucial liquidity as private firms have retreated from writing mortgage insurance policies, particularly for key groups such as first time homebuyers.

Issues: Housing

March 13, 2013
Today on Capitol Hill, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) reintroduced the TIGER Grants for Job Creation Act. This bill will provide an emergency supplemental appropriation of one billion dollars over the next two years for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program, which creates jobs by funding investments in transportation infrastructure. The funding will be exempt from sequestration. The bill is cosponsored by 60 of Congresswoman Waters' colleagues.

"The economy is struggling to recover from the recession," said Congresswoman Waters.


March 13, 2013
Washington, D.C. – Today at a press conference on Capitol Hill, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) endorsed the Back to Work Budget, which was introduced by the Congressional Progressive Caucus and which creates jobs by increasing investments in infrastructure. Congresswoman Waters also simultaneously reintroduced her bill, the TIGER Grants for Job Creation Act, which provides one billion over two years in emergency appropriations for transportation infrastructure. The following are her remarks as prepared for delivery:

"I am proud to support the Back to Work Budget.


March 11, 2013
As part of the annual National Education Association's Read Across America Day, Congresswoman Maxine Waters read Dr. Seuss stories to students at Lomita Math/Science Magnet School, located in her 43rd Congressional District on Friday, March 1:
Issues: 43rd District

March 4, 2013
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) released the following statement today in celebration of the unveiling of the Rosa Parks statue in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol.

"Today we honored the heroic spirit of one of the most remarkable women in our nation's history by dedicating a statue to the great Rosa Parks in the United States Capitol. Known as "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement," Ms. Parks stood up for civil rights by refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala. city bus in 1955.


February 28, 2013

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) released the following statement today after the House passage of the bi-partisan Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization bill:


February 27, 2013

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) released the following statement today regarding the United States Supreme Court review of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act in Shelby County v. Holder. Congresswoman Waters joined Members of the Tri-Caucus (Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and Asian Pacific American Caucus) on the steps of the Supreme Court as the court prepared to hear oral arguments.


February 27, 2013
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), a Congressional leader in the fight to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS through increased prevention, testing, treatment, and funding, reintroduced the Stop AIDS in Prison Act today.

February 26, 2013

Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, today released a letter to Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, and Thomas Curry, Comptroller of the Currency, seeking additional, detailed information from the regulators about the termination of the Independent Foreclosure Review (IFR).


February 22, 2013
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) received a tour of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) on Feb. 19, the world's fastest growing launch services provider, located in her district in the city of Hawthorne.

SpaceX is home to the Dragon spacecraft--the first privately developed spacecraft in history to visit the International Space Station. While it will initially carry cargo, SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft was designed to carry astronauts. Congresswoman Waters toured the facility with SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell and company CFO Bret Johnsen.

Issues: 43rd District