Press Releases
Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee (HFSC), today released the following statement in response to the news that President Barack Obama will nominate Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The CFPB was established by the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which was drafted and signed into law during the period in which Ms. Waters was Chairwoman of the HFSC Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, today welcomed President Obama's nomination of Mary Jo White to be the next chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), stating:
A contingent of 12 Members of the House of Representatives today filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in support of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Resource Extraction Rule. The rule is based on a provision in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) prepared the following remarks for the City of Los Angeles Planning Department's public hearing today regarding the LAX Specific Plan Amendment Study Draft Environmental Impact Report (SPAS Draft EIR):
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee, released the following statement today in response to reports that the American International Group Inc. (AIG) is considering joining a lawsuit against the U.S. government claiming that the terms of the bailout were unfair:
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee and one of the co-authors of the Biggert-Waters flood insurance reform law released the following statement today after passage of H.R. 41, a $9.7 billion flood insurance portion of the Sandy Disaster Relief Package:
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters was sworn in as a Member of the 113th Congress. This marks the beginning of Congresswoman Waters' twelfth term in office. She will now represent California's 43 rd Congressional District (previously 35th) which includes the communities of
Westchester, Playa Del Rey, Lennox, West Athens, West Carson, Harbor Gateway and El Camino Village, and the cities of Gardena, Hawthorne, Inglewood, Lawndale, Lomita and Torrance. Congresswoman Waters released the following statement:
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) released the following statement today after the 112th Congress ended, and House GOP leaders failed to advance the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) sent the following letter today to the Federal Communications Commission urging the FCC to conduct its court ordered diversity impact study before proceeding with finalized rules that many public advocates suspect would relax the Commission current newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership ban. In 2011, the Third Circuit Court voided the FCC's media ownership rules and ordered the agency to study how its rules impact media diversity and ownership opportunities for women and minorities.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) released the following statement on Tuesday night's passage of Senate Amendment H.R. 8, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012:
"I am pleased that we were able to reach an agreement that prevents tax hikes from rising on middle class families and ensures that the wealthy will pay their fair share to reduce the deficit. While this agreement is not perfect, it is a step in the right direction to protect families and grow the economy.