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Today, three Californian interns from the Washington Center for Internship Placement (TWC) met with Congresswoman Maxine Waters in her Washington, DC office.
By Joe Adler
MAR 29, 2012 3:02pm ET
American Banker
WASHINGTON — While Senate Republicans seem to have largely moved past President Obama's controversial recess appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, it was clear Thursday that the House GOP has not.
By Peter Schroeder - 03/29/12 02:09 PM ET
Time is not healing the wounds Republicans feel over the president's contentious decision to recess appoint Richard Cordray as the first director of a new consumer protection agency.
Congresswoman Waters joined Congressman Russ Carnahan (D-MO) and other members in introducing legislation today to protect veterans' rights to mental healthcare treatment and services. The "Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act" is also supported by the AMVETS service organization.
Today, Rep. Waters joined her colleagues as one of the original co-sponsors of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012. This legislation strengthens the abilities of the Federal Government, States, law enforcement, and service providers to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
Last week, the House Judiciary Committee approved legislation in response to the rising number of smugglers' tunnels found along the US-Mexico border. H.R. 4119, "The Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2012" would expand existing law by making it a crime to conspire to build, use, or finance a border tunnel.
Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed H.R.
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) released the following statement commending Comcast-NBC Universal's launch of four new independent minority-owned channels. Throughout the course of the Comcast-NBC merger review, Rep.
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-35) sent a letter to Mr. Arthur T. Leahy, Chief Executive Officer of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA), urging him to seek TIGER funds for the construction of light rail stations in Leimert Park and Westchester on the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor.
Today, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and Attorney General Eric Holder announced an historic settlement between 49 state attorneys general and 5 major mortgage servicers regarding allegations of servicing and foreclosure fraud.