In another attempt to undermine the important work of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Consumer Bureau or CFPB), Republicans on the House Committee on Financial Services issued a 13-page staff report that attempted to redirect blame away from Wells Fargo for their massive fraudulent account scandal and onto the Consumer Bureau. The report falsely accuses the Consumer Bureau of… Read more »
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on a bill that puts Wall Street’s special interests ahead of hardworking American consumers. The Financial Choice Act, also known as the Wrong Choice Act, paves the way right back to the dark days of the financial crisis by dismantling Wall Street reform.
“The Wrong Choice Act is a vehicle for Donald Trump's agenda to get rid of… Read more »
Today, at a full Committee hearing to examine draft legislation to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA)¸ Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, urged Committee Members to work on a bipartisan long-term reauthorization package:
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman and welcome to all of our witnesses,… Read more »
Following the announcement that President Trump will nominate Joseph Otting, former OneWest Bank chief executive, to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, released the following statement:
“The mission of the OCC is to ensure that financial institutions operate in a safe and… Read more »
In an op-ed published today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Financial Services, discussed the numerous ways in which the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Consumer Bureau) continues to fight for hardworking Americans who have been harmed by illegal, predatory financial schemes, and the ways in which President Trump and Congressional… Read more »
Today, in response to a statement from Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton requesting public comment on the standards of conduct applicable to broker-dealers and investment advisers when providing financial advice, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, issued the following statement:
“As one of his first… Read more »
Following the announcement that the Federal Reserve fined Deutsche Bank $41 million on account of the bank’s “unsafe and unsound” anti-money laundering practices, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, released the following statement:
“Yesterday’s action by the Federal Reserve provides yet more evidence of Deutsche Bank’s well-known… Read more »
Last week, House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA), Vice Ranking Member Dan Kildee (D-MI) and Housing and Insurance Subcommittee Ranking Member Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), hosted a roundtable discussion on how the Trump Administration’s full budget request would create suffering for whole communities; increase poverty, hunger and homelessness; and reduce… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, Congressman Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Vice Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-WI), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade, Congressman Al Green (D-TX), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations,… Read more »
Reps. Maxine Waters (D-CA), Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), and Bobby Scott (D-VA), Ranking Members of the House Committees on Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, and Education and the Workforce, issued the following statement on today’s announcement that the Department of Labor’s (DOL) fiduciary rule will be initially implemented after the conclusion of the current 60-day… Read more »
Today, in response to the Trump Administration’s release of its full budget request to Congress for Fiscal Year 2018, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, issued the following statement:
“Donald Trump has once again revealed who he really is, with a cruel and senseless budget that abandons Main Street and the vulnerable.
“The… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, Congressman Dan Kildee (D-MI), Vice Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-WI), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade, Congressman Al Green (D-TX), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, and… Read more »
On Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at 3:30 p.m. EDT, Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA), Vice Ranking Member Dan Kildee (D-MI) and Housing and Insurance Subcommittee Ranking Member Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), will host a roundtable discussion on how the Administration’s proposed elimination of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) programs would create… Read more »
Several House Committee Ranking Members submitted letters to their respective Chairmen requesting that their committees do not waive their jurisdiction over H.R. 10, also known as the Wrong Choice Act. The Wrong Choice Act, a wide-reaching financial services bill, makes financial markets less safe, puts consumers at risk, and undermines critical safeguards in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street… Read more »
On the second day of the House Financial Services Committee markup of H.R. 10, also known as the Wrong Choice Act, Committee Democrats continued to resist the Republican agenda to roll back consumer and investor protections in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank). The Wrong Choice Act undermines and outright repeals critical safeguards in Dodd-Frank,… Read more »
On the first day of the House Financial Services Committee markup of H.R. 10, also known as the Wrong Choice Act, Committee Democrats fought throughout the day and into the night to protect hardworking Americans from the catastrophic damage the bill would cause. The Wrong Choice Act undermines and outright repeals critical safeguards in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer… Read more »
During the House Financial Services Committee markup of H.R. 10, also known as the Wrong Choice Act, Committee Democrats are fighting back against Republican attempts to make financial markets less safe and put consumers at risk. The Wrong Choice Act undermines and outright repeals critical safeguards in Dodd-Frank, the law that was designed to protect the American economy from another… Read more »
Today, at a full Committee markup of the Wrong Choice Act, a bill that repeals the most important aspects of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, gave the following opening statement:
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. Chairman, this is one of the… Read more »
Last week, House Financial Services Committee Democrats led the Committee’s first Minority Day Hearing in 20 years in order to protect the economic security of hardworking Americans from a bill that prioritizes Wall Street over Main Street. The hearing, which featured testimony from Senator Elizabeth Warren and 10 other expert witnesses, reviewed Chairman Hensarling’s Wrong Choice Act, a… Read more »
After just 100 days in office, President Trump has undermined the economic security of the middle class and hardworking Americans by beginning to roll back financial regulations and putting reckless policies in place. The list below recounts Trump’s broken promises, threatening consumers, investors, and the economy at large:
On the first day of his administration, Trump suspended a… Read more »
This week, Committee Democrats led a Minority Day Hearing on the many problems with Chairman Hensarling’s Wrong Choice Act, a bill that would repeal the most important aspects of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and put America on the road to another financial crisis. The hearing, which featured testimony from Senator Elizabeth Warren and other experts and… Read more »
Today, at the historic Minority Day Hearing of the House Financial Services Committee, Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA) delivered the following statement:
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to the witnesses for joining us today, especially Senator Elizabeth Warren, who created the idea of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and gave the force… Read more »
On Friday, April 28, 2017, House Financial Services Committee Democrats will lead an additional hearing on H.R. 10, also known as the Wrong Choice Act. The hearing, referred to as a “Minority Day Hearing,” is the first hearing before the Financial Services Committee under the 115th Congress where Democrats can select the panel of witnesses. This hearing is historic in that the… Read more »
Today, at a Terrorism and Illicit Finance hearing entitled “Safeguarding the Financial System from Terrorist Financing,” Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, delivered the following statement:
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
One of the key issues this subcommittee will be looking at is the adequacy of… Read more »
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, joined by lead cosponsors Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-WI), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade, and Congressman Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Terrorism and Illicit Finance, introduced the “No Russia Exemptions for Oil Production Act” (the No… Read more »
