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Congresswoman Waters Votes to Save SNAP Program

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) released the following statement after voting against legislation in the House of Representatives that would cut $20.5 billion in cuts to the SNAP program:

Congresswoman Waters' Statement on Supreme Court's Voting Rights Act Decision

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) released the following statement today after the Supreme Court issued its decision in Shelby County v. Holder. In its decision, the Supreme Court effectively invalidated Section 4 of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Waters Calls for Investigation of Mortgage Servicers Who Benefitted by Misleading Borrowers Eligible for HAMP

Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter today to Christy L.

STL NAACP celebrates centennial

The St. Louis City NAACP's Centennial Gala held Friday, June 7 in the Khorassan Ballroom at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel was not merely the branch's largest fundraising event of the year.

Congresswoman Waters Recognizes National Small Business Week

Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement honoring local small businesses as part of the 50th Annual National Small Business Week, which was declared by President Obama to be the week of June 16-22, 2013. National Small Business Week was first recognized fifty years ago by President John F. Kennedy in 1963.

Waters wants financial sector regulations out of EU trade talks

A top House Democrat is asking the Obama administration to keep the nation's financial regulations out of trade talks with the European Union.

Waters Asks for Investigation into B of A Foreclosure Tactics

Rep. Maxine Waters, the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, is asking for an investigation into claims that Bank of America purposefully delayed borrowers from entering the Home Affordable Modification Program.

Congresswoman Waters' Statement on the 50th Anniversary of the Assassination of Medgar Evers

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) released the following statement in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers, who was 37 years old when he was killed by a sniper's bullet on June 12, 1963:

Congresswoman Waters Recognizes 50th Anniversary of the Equal Pay Act

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) released the following statement in recognition of the 50th Anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, which was signed into law by President John F. Kennedy on June 10, 1963.

Congresswoman Waters' Statement on TSA Reversing Decision to Allow Knives on Planes

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Financial Services, released the following statement in support of the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) decision to cancel its proposal to allow small knives on planes:

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