Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Financial Services, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-NY) released a statement on a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report titled, “Investment Management: Key Practices Could Provide More Options for Federal Entities and Opportunities for Minority- and Women-Owned Asset Managers” (GAO-17-726), which was requested by the lawmakers. The GAO identified four modest practices in ... Read more

Following the U.S. Senate passage of H.R.3110, the Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act, a bipartisan bill introduced by Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, and Congressman Randy Hultgren (R-IL), a member of the Financial Services Committee, which would extend the term of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) independent member with insurance expertise, Ranking Member Waters made the following stat... Read more

Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, issued a statement regarding the devastation caused by hurricanes this season, and the news that Congress will need to raise the National Flood Insurance Program’s (NFIP) borrowing authority to pay all of its claims from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. “As the 2017 hurricane season continues, we must put these storms and their impact on our fellow Americans into perspective. Irma made history with wind... Read more

Following the announcement that 143 million American consumers were impacted by the Equifax security breach, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, reintroduced the Comprehensive Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act, which contains landmark reforms to improve the nation’s credit reporting system. Credit reporting agencies compile and maintain files for about 200 million Americans and the Equifax data breach proves that more needs to be done to ... Read more

Following the announcement that nearly half of U.S. population’s personal data was exposed -- including Social Security numbers, birth dates, and addresses -- due to an enormous security breach at Equifax, one of the nation’s major credit reporting agencies, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, made the following statement: “This hack into sensitive information compiled and maintained by Equifax is one of the largest data breaches in our nati... Read more

Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, made the following statement from the House floor: As Prepared for Delivery I ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. On August 26, Hurricane Harvey began a path of unprecedented destruction across Southeast Texas. The historic levels of rainfall were so extraordinary that the National Weather Service had to add new colors to its map graphics just to record it. As of August 30, it was... Read more

During consideration of H.R. 3354, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, spoke on the House floor against a ruling to eliminate an amendment introduced by Congressman Charlie Dent (R-PA) which would temporarily modify the Export-Import Bank’s quorum requirement, allowing the Bank to consider transactions of all sizes and clear its significant backlog. Despite a bipartisan reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank in 2015, the Bank remains func... Read more

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, made the following floor statement on H.R. 3354: As Prepared for Delivery Mr. Speaker, I strongly oppose H.R. 3354, a bill that not only fails to make critical investments in our nation’s future, but also eliminates important protections for everyday Americans. As Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee, I am particularly concerned that H.R. 3354 imposes such severe cuts on the Department of Hou... Read more

In the wake of Hurricane Harvey and as the threat from Hurricane Irma looms, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Financial Services, published an op-ed highlighting the need for bipartisan cooperation to renew the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for the long term. In the piece, Ranking Member Waters underscores the need for a federal flood insurance program that ensures affordable flood insurance remains available to homeowners, businesses, and re... Read more

Following Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling's request to eliminate a bipartisan amendment to temporarily modify the Export-Import Bank’s quorum requirement, which would allow the Bank to consider transactions of all sizes and clear its significant backlog, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD), House Democratic Whip, Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-WI), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Monetar... Read more

Today, in response to a report revealing that Wells Fargo opened an additional 1.4 million fraudulent bank accounts and 528,000 unauthorized online bill pay enrollments without their customers’ knowledge or permission, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, made the following statement: “Wells Fargo’s misdeeds are egregious, and they must be held accountable for their many abuses of American consumers. By opening fraudulent accounts without the... Read more

Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, and Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-WI), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade, sent a letter to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton calling on the SEC to enforce Rule 13p-1 of the Securities Exchange Act, also known as the Conflict Minerals Rule. The Conflict Minerals Rule requires public companies listed on U.S. exchanges whose products contain ... Read more

Today, in reaction to the continuing harm and destruction caused by Hurricane Harvey, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, made the following statement: “The devastation from Hurricane Harvey is overwhelming and my heart goes out to those affected by this terrible storm. Harvey continues to dump unprecedented amounts of rain on Texas. Make no mistake, the flooding taking place now is both historic and unpredictable. The Army Corps of Engineer... Read more

Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, sent a letter to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chairman Martin Gruenberg, calling for the FDIC to hold at least one public hearing on Social Financial, Inc.’s (SoFi) application to establish an Industrial Loan Company (ILC). In the letter, Ranking Member Waters states that changes in the financial services industry and financial regulation necessitate a public hearing to examine the p... Read more

Following the announcement that Elizabeth Duke will replace Stephen Sanger as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Wells Fargo, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, made the following statement: “This superficial change in leadership at Wells Fargo isn't enough to restore the trust and confidence of the American public. While Elizabeth Duke is replacing Stephen Sanger as Chairman, Ms. Duke was a member of the Wells Fargo Board during numerou... Read more

WASHINGTON -- Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, Congressman Daniel T. 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 Congressman Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Terrorism and Illici... Read more

Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, Congressman Daniel T. Kildee (D-MI), Vice Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, and Congressman Al Green (D-TX), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, wrote to Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling requesting a public hearing to review the ongoing violations of consumer rights by Wells Fargo. The letter follows Wells Fargo’s continued egregious behavior tow... Read more

Today, in response to reports that Wells Fargo forced more than 800,000 car loan borrowers to purchase unnecessary car insurance, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, issued the following statement: “The constant drip drop of fraudulent activities coming out of Wells Fargo is absolutely outrageous. Wells Fargo has repeatedly preyed on servicemembers, homeowners, minorities, and, it seems, consumers seeking any kind of financial product from t... Read more

Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, made the following statement in response to Committee Republicans’ revised flood insurance legislation: “Though Chairman Hensarling and Committee Republicans have been scrambling to make changes to their flood insurance bill, the affordability challenges facing millions of policyholders remain. The implementation of the Biggert-Waters Act inadvertently led to skyrocketing premiums for homeowners and... Read more

Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, introduced the Bad Actor Disqualification Act of 2017, important legislation that ensures the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) protects investors from bad actors by implementing a rigorous, fair, and public process for waiving automatic disqualification provisions in the law. “By waiving the consequences for bad actors the SEC is sending the wrong message,” said Ranking Member Waters. “The S... Read more

Today in an exchange between Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Secretary Mnuchin continued to avoid Ranking Member Waters’ question concerning the Secretary’s lack of response to the Democrats’ May 23 letter regarding potential suspicious financial activity between Russia and the Trump Administration. In the letter, Committee Democrats, led by Ranking Member Waters, requested that the Treasury Depart... Read more

At today’s Financial Services Committee hearing with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, called for Secretary Mnuchin to address several matters of concern, including a May 23 letter from Committee Democrats requesting information regarding the financial dealings of President Trump, his family members, and his associates, that Mnuchin did not answer. On Tuesday, Committee Republicans blocked a Resolution of... Read more

Yesterday, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, joined House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senator Elizabeth Warren to discuss the negative impact on consumers if Republicans overturn the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s rule to prohibit forced arbitration. Her remarks are below: Thank you so very much, Leader Pelosi. I am so delighted to be here with Nancy Pelosi, the first woman speaker of the United States Congress in the history ... Read more

Today, in response to the House passage of H.J. Res 111, a harmful Republican resolution that repeals the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s rule to protect consumers by restricting forced arbitration clauses, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, issued the following statement: “Forced arbitration benefits large corporations and Wall Street banks to the detriment of consumers. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s rule helps to ensur... Read more

Today, during floor debate on H.J.Res 111, a Republican Joint Resolution to repeal the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s rule to protect consumers by restricting forced arbitration clauses, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, gave the following opening statement: As Prepared for Delivery H.J.Res 111 is an affront to hardworking Americans across the country. Using the Congressional Review Act, this Joint Resolution repeals the Consumer F... Read more