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I move to strike the last word.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for convening this markup.
I would also like to thank Chairwoman Biggert for the work she has done on H.R. 1309, the Flood Insurance Reform Act and I am proud to be an original cosponsor this important bill.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), a member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet, issued the following statement today after it was announced that FCC Commissioner Meredith Baker will resign her post to join Comcast NBC:
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing.
Under the Dodd-Frank Act, Congress recognized that robust whistleblower protection is critical to preventing another financial crisis.
Prior to Dodd-Frank, the inducements for whistleblowers to step forward were inadequate when balanced against the tremendous countervailing social and economic disincentives.
by Kate Shepherd
House Republicans on Wednesday took aim at a whistleblower provision of a recent bank reform law, part of a broader attempt to limit the impact of the legislation.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) delivered the following testimony to the House Rules Committee today:
I would like to thank my colleague from California, Chairman David Dreier; Ranking Member Louise Slaughter; and all of the members of the committee for allowing me to testify today.
by Zach Carter
A cadre of top Democrats said Wednesday that heavy Wall Street speculation was driving up gas prices and blasted Republicans for pushing a new bill to delay any crackdown on such speculation until the end of 2012.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), the Ranking Member of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, delivered the following remarks at a press conference on HR 1573 today outside the U.S. Capitol:
"Thank you, Ranking Member Frank.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), a strong advocate for the Haitian people in the U.S. Congress, spoke today from the House floor in support of H.R. 1016 - Assessing Progress in Haiti Act. The bill later passed the House without opposition.
Below are the Congresswoman's remarks as prepared for delivery:
Four liberal California House members are among a group of lawmakers pushing for a "near term and significant" drawdown of U.S. troops in Afghanistan no later than July in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death.