Press Releases
Today, on Capitol Hill, Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-35) sent a letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education requesting an appropriation of $610 million for the Minority AIDS Initiative in fiscal year 2012. A total of 56 Members of Congress signed the letter. The text of the letter follows:
We write to request that you provide an appropriation of $610 million for the Minority AIDS Initiative in the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2012.
Today, on Capitol Hill, Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-35) sent a letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) Appropriations Subcommittee requesting a $2 million appropriation for the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program in fiscal year 2012. A total of 27 Members of Congress signed the letter. The text of the letter follows:
"I urged House and Senate leaders to end the shutdown of the FAA, and I was pleased to learn that they have done so," said Congresswoman Waters. "Now, 74,000 transportation and construction workers can finally go back to work,"
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) announced that tomorrow marks the 46th anniversary of the day that the Voting Rights Act was enacted. President Lyndon Johnson signed this historic legislation into law on August 6, 1965.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) today urged Republican and Democratic leaders of the House of Representatives and the Senate to take all necessary and appropriate action to end the partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), including – if necessary – immediately reconvening the House and the Senate to pass legislation that will allow all furloughed FAA employees to return to work. Congresswoman Waters' congressional district includes Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), the world's sixth busiest airport, which has been directly impacted by the shutdown.
Congresswoman Waters released the following statement after her vote in the House of Representatives yesterday against the Republican debt ceiling package (known as the Budget Control Act of 2011):
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) announced that today marks the 46th anniversary of the day that the Medicare program was enacted. President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare into law on July 30, 1965.
"I am proud of the creation of Medicare," said Congresswoman Waters. "Medicare was one of the most important achievements of the Democratic Party, and I will always vote to protect it."
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) made the following statement in the Congressional Record yesterday, during debate on H.R. 2584, the Interior and Environment Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2012:
"I rise to oppose the underlying bill and the numerous extreme, anti-environmental riders included therein.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) joined her colleagues yesterday to call for a comprehensive effort to save the lives of millions of people affected by famine and drought in the Horn of Africa. She made the following statement in the Congressional Record:
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-35) today celebrated National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing and Awareness Day and encouraged the nation's health care workers to be tested for HIV