Press Releases
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
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), issued the following statement on the passing of Lillian Harkless-Mobley, her friend and iconic South Los Angeles community activist.
"I am heartbroken that one of my closest and dearest friends, Lillian Mobley, has passed away. I worked with Lillian - known throughout South Los Angeles communities as "Ms. Mobley"- for over three decades. We have marched together, participated in protests together, and fought off anyone who attacked our community together. Lillian was my ‘shero.'
Congresswoman Waters (CA), Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, today led 11 of her colleagues in the House of Representatives urging U.S. bank regulators to publicly release information regarding the steps that mortgage servicers are taking to prevent illegal foreclosure practices. An identical letter was sent by U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (NJ), Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development, and nine additional Senators.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) honored Nelson Mandela, the former President of South Africa, on the occasion of his 93rd birthday. Nelson Mandela served 27 years in prison in South Africa for his opposition to the racist system of apartheid. Following his release from prison in 1990, he negotiated an end to apartheid in South Africa. He was elected President of South Africa in the country's first free, multi-racial, democratic elections and served in that position from 1994 to 1999. Congresswoman Waters sent him the following birthday message: