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Congresswoman Waters Inspires Women Entrepreneurs and Business Owners at Second Annual Roundtable

At the Hawthorne Memorial Center, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee, welcomed approximately 250 women entrepreneurs and business owners to her "Women in Business Roundtable" on Friday, April 25.

Waters Leads 144 Members of Congress Seeking Expansion of TIGER Transportation Funding

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) urged expansion of the TIGER program – a nationwide competitive grant program that creates jobs by funding investments in transportation infrastructure by states, local governments, and transit agencies like Metro in Los Angeles County – in a letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing and Urban Development

Why thousands of homeowners are getting money for mortgage abuses they never suffered

Thousands of homeowners will get a pleasant surprise in the mail this summer: checks to (wait for it) compensate them for foreclosure problems they never suffered.

LMU forum grapples with the NSA

Rep. Maxine Waters (D- Los Angeles) and a panel of constitutional law experts engaged in spirited debate with students last Thursday during a Loyola Marymount University forum weighing the need for domestic electronic surveillance against citizens' rights to privacy.

Maxine Waters takes on the NSA

Rep. Maxine Waters (D- Los Angeles), who last year pushed legislation to limit the U.S. National Security Agency's ability to collect electronic data on American citizens, will moderate a public forum about domestic spying tonight on the Loyola Marymount University campus.

G.A.O. Report Sees Deeper Bank Flaws in Foreclosures

A new government report suggests that errors made by banks and their agents during foreclosures might have been significantly higher than was previously believed when regulators halted a national review of the banks' mortgage servicing operations.

Congresswoman Waters Statement on Toyota'sAnnouncement to Move Headquarters

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement regarding relocation of Toyota's North American Headquarters in Torrance to North Dallas (Plano), Texas:

Waters: Report on Foreclosure Review “Troubling”

Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement in response to today's GAO report on the Independent Foreclosure Review (IFR). The study was conducted as the result of a 2012 request by Congresswoman Waters, Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Reps. Brad Miller (D-NC) and Luis Gutierrez (D-IL).

Waters Applauds Senate Progress on Terrorism Insurance

Following the news that members of the Senate Banking Committee have reached an agreement on legislation to reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA), Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee, applauded their progress and lamented the lack of action in the House of Representatives.

Waters Remarks on the Need for Reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank

At today's press conference to discuss, among other issues, the need for action to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee, underscored the importance of a quick renewal of the Bank's charter to create and sustain American jobs.

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