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Rep. Maxine Waters Calls for an End to the Trump Shutdown

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, entered the following statement into the Congressional Record on the Trump Shutdown.

I request unanimous consent to address the House for 5 minutes.

Congresswoman Waters Statement on Gable House Bowl Shooting in Torrance, California

LOS ANGELES – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) issued the following statement on the shooting at the Gable House Bowl in Torrance, California, which resulted in the death of three people and left four others injured:

Waters is the First Woman & First African American Chair of the Financial Services Committee; Bostic is the First African American & First Openly Gay President of a Regional Federal Reserve Bank

WASHINGTON – In recognition of her selection as the first woman and first African American Chair of the House Financial Services Committee, Chairwoman Maxine Waters (C

Applauds Progress of Efforts to End Mandatory Minimum Sentencing

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) issued a statement on the First Step Act of 2018, which passed both the House and the Senate with overwhelming bipartisan support and is now the law of the land.

Rep. Waters Applauds the Passage of the BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act

WASHINGTON -- Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), the Co-Chair of the bipartisan, bicameral Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease, applauded the passage of S. 2076, the Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act.

Rep. Waters Statement on the Death of a 7-year-old in Trump Administration Custody

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) issued a statement on the death of a 7-year-old Guatemalan girl, Jakelin Caal Maquin, who died of dehydration and shock after being taken into custody by Trump administration U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents.

Rep. Waters Statement on Texas Judge Ruling Obamacare Unconstitutional

WASHINGTON -- Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) released the following statement today in response to the ruling of a federal judge in Texas that the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is unconstitutional:

Rep. Waters Statement on the Death of Nancy Wilson

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) issued a statement on the death of legendary "song stylist," Nancy Sue Wilson, who died at age 81.