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Ranking Member Maxine Waters Applauds Court Ruling Granting Citizenship for Descendants of Formerly Enslaved Creek Freedmen After Decades-Long Struggle for Justice

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, released this statement following the Muscogee Nation Supreme Court ruling in favor of full citizenship for descendants of Freedmen formerly enslaved by the tribal nation, rejecting the Muscogee Nation attorney general’s attempt to deny their citizenship rights. Congresswoman Waters has…

Ranking Member Maxine Waters Rebukes Trump’s Executive Order Pushing Forcible Institutionalization of People Experiencing Homelessness

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, released this statement following President Trump’s Executive Order making it easier for local jurisdictions to remove homeless people from the streets. “Let me be very clear: forcibly removing people from the streets and institutionalizing them is not just cruel and inhumane, but…

Ranking Member Maxine Waters Announces Committee Passage of Bipartisan Legislation to Support Small Businesses, Expand Financial Access, and Bolster National Security

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, announced the following Democratic-led and bipartisan bills that passed during today’s full Committee markup. The bills aim to expand access to financial services, strengthen small businesses, capital formation, and advance national security at home and abroad. H.R. 4544, the…

Ranking Member Maxine Waters Applauds Reinstatement of NCUA Board Members

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, released this statement following a federal judge’s decision to reinstate former National Credit Union Administration Board members, Todd Harper and Tanya Otsuka, ruling that President Trump’s move to remove the two Democratic appointees in April was illegal. “I applaud the U.S.…

Ranking Member Maxine Waters Announces Passage of 12 Bipartisan Bills to Support Small Businesses, Protect Investors, and Strengthen National Security

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, announced that the House of Representatives passed twelve bipartisan bills under suspension of the rules. This is a procedure generally used to quickly pass bills which enjoy broad, bipartisan support. Next, these bills will await a vote in the Senate. H.R. 1764, the “Aligning…

Ranking Member Maxine Waters Hand Delivers Follow-Up Letter Urging Chairman Hill to Bring Acting CFPB Director Before Committee to Address Continued Illegal Shutdown of Agency

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, personally delivered a letter to Chairman French Hill (R-AR) during a full Committee Markup, urging him to comply with the Committee’s legal obligation under the Dodd-Frank Act requiring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director to appear before Congress for a semi-annual…

Ranking Member Maxine Waters Blasts HUD’s Plans to Drop Major Housing Discrimination Cases and Further Dismantle Fair Housing Protections

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement in response to reports that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is preparing to drop seven major investigations and cases against local and state governments across the U.S. concerning alleged discriminatory housing…

Ranking Member Maxine Waters on Republicans' Anti-CFPB Bills: “Trump’s Rollback of the CFPB’s Authority Has Already Cost Americans $18 Billion. These Bills Will Cost Hard-Working Families Even More.”

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, delivered the following opening statement during a full Committee markup. “Good morning and thank you Mr. Chairman. Today, we are marking up a series of bills. While I’m encouraged that many are bipartisan, I’m deeply concerned that a few proposals from my Republican colleagues…

Ranking Member Maxine Waters Introduces Bill Supporting Creation of New Banks and Credit Unions

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, announced the introduction of H.R. 4544, the “American Access to Banking Act.” This bill is designed to promote the creation of new community banks and credit unions known as de novo depository institutions. This includes new Minority Depository Institutions, Community Development…

Day 5: Crypto Has Made Trump $1.2 BILLION Richer – and Counting

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On the fifth and final day of Anti-Crypto Corruption Week, Ranking Member Maxine Waters and Committee Democrats are doing a deep dive into Trump’s staggering personal fortune made solely from his crypto schemes—$1.2 billion and counting, according to a Forbes investigation. Source: Forbes From day 1 in office, Trump has been doing everything in his power to ensure crypto…

Ranking Member Maxine Waters Slams Republicans’ “UNSTABLE Act”: “The UNSTABLE Act Creates the Appearance of a Federal Framework for Stablecoins, but It Does Not Provide the Federal Government With the Full Authority It Needs.”

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, took to the House floor to blast S. 1582, the Republicans’ so-called “GENIUS Act.” This bill lacks critical provisions to maintain the longstanding separation of banking and commerce, protect consumers, preserve our national security, promote financial stability, and importantly, fails…

Ranking Member Maxine Waters Blasts Republicans’ “CALAMITY Act”: “If We Do Not Ban Elected Officials, Including the President or Vice President, from this Crypto Corruption in H.R. 3633, Each of Us Will Be Complicit.”

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, took to the House floor to blast H.R. 3633, Republicans’ so called “CLARITY Act.” The bill presents several serious risks: it exposes consumers to exploitation by bad actors in the crypto industry, undermines national security, and ignores Donald Trump’s escalating conflicts of interest…

Where Do Groups Stand on Dangerous Republican-led Crypto Bills? Keep Reading.

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AFL-CIO (largest labor union in U.S.): So-called CLARITY and GENIUS Acts “pose risks to both retirement funds and to the overall financial stability of the U.S. economy.” “We need to make sure that the financial system is stable instead of creating a casino for crypto billionaires to make more profits” For weeks, House Financial Services Ranking Member Maxine Waters has sounded…

Ranking Member Maxine Waters at Rules Committee on Dangerous Crypto Bills: “Republicans’ Next Order of Business Is a Billion-Dollar Handout to the President Himself.”

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, delivered the following testimony in front of the House Rules Committee to strongly oppose three deeply flawed Republican crypto bills, including H.R. 3633, the “CALAMITY Act,” S. 1582, the “UNSTABLE Act,” and H.R. 1919, the “Anti-Innovation Act.” The three bills are scheduled for a vote…

Ranking Member Waters Pens Op-ed in MSNBC Slamming Republican-Led Crypto Bills

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As part of Anti-Crypto Corruption Week, House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA) authored an opinion piece for MSNBC sounding the alarm on Republican efforts to advance dangerous crypto legislation this week that risks repeating financial crises of the past. As Waters highlights in the op-ed, these bills would not only weaken critical consumer and…

Waters and Lynch Announce Anti-Crypto Corruption Week

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Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Congressman Stephen Lynch (D-MA), announced that next week will be “Anti-Crypto Corruption Week” during which they will lead Democrats in opposition to Republicans’ efforts to jam through the House three dangerous pieces of crypto…

Ranking Member Maxine Waters Announces Passage of 10 Bipartisan Bills

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Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, announced that the House of Representatives passed ten bipartisan bills under suspension of the rules. This is a procedure generally used to quickly pass bills which enjoy broad, bipartisan support. Next, these bills will await a vote in the Senate. H.R. 3422, the “Promoting…

Ranking Member Maxine Waters Calls on Appropriators to Fund Critical Programs to Combat Housing Crisis, Support Small Businesses and Protect Investors

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, announced that she sent letters to the leadership of the House Committee on Appropriations urging appropriators to fund programs that would address our nation’s worsening housing and homelessness crises; support small, minority-owned businesses; and protect our nation’s investors and…

Ranking Member Waters Leads Committee Democrats in Historic Fight Against Dangerous Republican CALAMITY Act, Warns of Financial Crisis

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Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee led Committee, Democrats in a markup to stop Republicans’ dangerous crypto market structure bill, the “CALAMITY Act.” For several weeks, Congresswoman Waters has led Committee Democrats in warning both Members of Congress and the American people on the dangerous implications of this bill. For…

Ranking Member Maxine Waters on the CALAMITY Act: “This Is Trump Destruction Syndrome Because Everything this President Touches, He Destroys.”

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, delivered the following opening statement during a full Committee markup. “Good morning, and thank you, Chairman Hill. As we sit here, Trump has violated the sovereignty of my state of California, federalizing the National Guard and sending the Marines into Los Angeles. This is…

Ranking Member Waters on Complexity Act, Trump Loopholes: We Have Been Left With No Choice but to Convene This Hearing

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, released this statement during the Democratic hearing exploring Trump’s crypto crimes and the implications of the Republican-led crypto market structure bill. This hearing follows a request from the entire Committee Democratic caucus urging a Minority Day hearing to properly explore…

Ranking Member Waters and Committee Democratic Caucus Request Minority Day Hearing to Properly Explore Trump’s Crypto Crimes and Analyze Republican Market Structure Bill

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, led all of the Democratic members on the Committee in requesting a follow-up hearing to today’s session exploring the Republican-led crypto market structure bill. This follow-up hearing, known as a “Minority Day Hearing,” would feature a second panel of witnesses, selected by…

Ranking Member Maxine Waters: “Sadly, Legitimizing Trump’s Crypto Con is Far from the Only Terrible Thing About This Confusing and Reckless Legislation. In Fact, This Bill Should Actually Be Called the COMPLEXITY Act.”

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, delivered the following opening statement during a full Committee hearing entitled, “American Innovation and the Future of Digital Assets: From Blueprint to a Functional Framework.” “Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I too would like to have productive dialogue. But it’s very…

Ranking Member Maxine Waters Requests SEC Chair Analyze Impact of Untested and Complicated Republican Crypto Bill

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins. In the letter, Congresswoman Waters is requesting a full technical and impact analysis of the CLARITY Act. This request comes ahead of tomorrow’s hearing being held by Committee Republicans to discuss…

Ranking Member Maxine Waters and Committee Democrats Introduce the “Stop TRUMP in Crypto Act of 2025”

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Landmark legislation will put an end to Trump’s crypto corruption and protect America’s investors. Bill prohibitions extend to Members of Congress. Waters introduces bill HOURS before Trump’s corrupt memecoin dinner. Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee and Committee Democrats introduced H.R. 3573, the “Stop Trading,…

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