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Congresswoman Waters Introduces Bill to End Secret ‘Super Committee'

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), a leading proponent of legislation to support the treatment and care of patients with Alzheimer's disease, congratulated the California Southland Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association for organizing the Walk to End Alzheimer's. The Walk will be held Sunday, October 9^th, at Century City Park in Los Angeles, California.

Small-Business Bills Advance In U.S. House Panel

-By Andrew Ackerman; Dow Jones Newswires; 202-569-8390; andrew.ackerman@dowjones.com

House Panel Backs Bill Boosting Nonpublic-Firm Shareholder Limit

October 05, 2011, 7:57 PM EDT

By Phil Mattingly

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), a leading proponent of legislation to increase research and funding to combat Alzheimer's disease and help those affected by the disease, issued the following statement in recognition of World Alzheimer's Day:

This evening, as the President speaks to the nation about his plan to create jobs, he must acknowledge the economic disaster in the African American community, whose unemployment rate hovers at roughly 16.7 percent, almost double that of the general population and equal to depression-era levels.