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Despite a series of troublesome safety issues at ExxonMobil's Torrance refinery, South Bay Reps. Ted Lieu and Maxine Waters nevertheless praised the oil giant Monday for its role as a major employer and in acknowledging the threat of climate change.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, released the following statement following comments made by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in the Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin (Fisher II) U.S. Supreme Court case.

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, introduced the Minority Diabetes Initiative Act (H.R. 4209).

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, and a congressional leader on HIV/AIDS issues, called for increased funding for the Minority AIDS Initiative, which was established under her leadership in 1998 to address the disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS on racial and ethnic minori

Members of the Ad Hoc Committee to Save Keiro met on Nov. 24 with California State Attorney General Kamala Harris' staff at the Los Angeles branch of the Attorney General's Office.

The First Ladies Health Initiative held its 5^th Annual Los Angeles and Orange County First Ladies Health Luncheon symposium at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on November 21.

South Central Los Angeles Regional Center (SCLARC) held its grand opening on Saturday, November 14, and tour of the facility at their new site the "Legacy Plaza." The event included national, state and local elected officials who participated in the program.

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Waters, Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, and Congressman Bobby Scott, Ranking Member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, support the release of the Department of Education's Second Report of t