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WASHINGTON – On Saturday, May 11, U.S. Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) -- the first woman and first African American to Chair the powerful U.S. House Committee on Financial Services -- and civil rights icon and leader, Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., received Honorary Doctorate of Laws degrees from the University of the District of Columbia (UDC). Rep.
Rep. Waters Celebrates Small Business Week
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) issued a statement on the impact of small businesses in recognition of Small Business Week 2019:
Congresswoman Waters Leads Delegation to Haiti; Finds Both Inspiration and Evidence of Violence
WASHINGTON -- On April 24, 2019, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) led a delegation to Haiti, which included actor, director and activist Danny Glover; journalist Margaret Prescod of Sojourner Truth Radio in Los Angeles; civil rights lawyer Walter Riley; Haitian diaspora le
Congresswoman Waters Celebrates National Nurses Week
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) issued a statement honoring nurses in California's 43rd Congressional District and across the country in recognition of National Nurses Week 2019, which was created in 1993 by the American Nurses Association to celebrate and elevate the nursing profession:
Rep. Waters to Deliver the 2019 Commencement Address at the University of the District of Columbia
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), the first woman and first African American to Chair the powerful U.S.
Rep. Waters Celebrates Cinco de Mayo
LOS ANGELES – Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) released the following statement in celebration of Cinco de Mayo:
Rep. Waters Statement on the Death of John Singleton
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) issued a statement on the death of Oscar nominated director and highly acclaimed filmmaker John Daniel Singleton who died at the age of 51:
Rep. Waters Statement on the Chabad of Poway Synagogue Shooting
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) issued the following statement on the shooting at the Chabad of Poway Synagogue in Poway, California, which resulted in the death of one woman and injured three others:
Rep. Waters Statement on the Release of a White Nationalist Who Plotted to Kill Elected Officials
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) issued the following statement after a federal judge ordered the release of Christopher Hasson, a self-described white nationalist who plotted to kill Rep. Waters, several Members of Congress, and journalists:
Rep. Waters Statement on the Sri Lanka Bombings
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) issued the following statement on the bombings at several sites in Sri Lanka, which killed more than 200 people and injured more than 400 others, some of whom were American citizens: