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At Equifax Hearing, Financial Services Democrats Secure Second Hearing on Credit Reporting Failures

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Recognizing that the American public deserves answers and a promise to safeguard their personal identifying information, Financial Services Committee Democrats, led by Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA), used an obscure parliamentary maneuver to demand a Minority Day hearing to continue to discuss the numerous issues with the current credit reporting system and to cast more light on the…

At Full Committee Hearing, Waters Questions Equifax’s Commitment to Consumers

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Today, at a full committee hearing to discuss the massive security breach at Equifax, one of the nation’s largest credit reporting agencies, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, delivered the following opening statement: As Prepared for Delivery Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The massive breach at Equifax and the company’s subsequent…

Waters Remarks at Press Conference to Unveil the Megabank Accountability and Consequences Act

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Today, at a press conference to unveil Congresswoman Maxine Waters’ (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, groundbreaking legislation titled the Megabank Accountability and Consequences Act (H.R. 3937), Ranking Member Waters delivered the following remarks: As Prepared for Delivery Good afternoon, and welcome. I would like to thank Representatives Green,…

Waters Opening Statement at Hearing with FHFA Director Watt

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, gave the following opening statement at a full committee hearing entitled “Sustainable Housing Finance: An Update from the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.” As Prepared for Delivery Today we welcome back our former colleague and my good friend, Federal Housing Finance Agency…

Waters Releases Staff Report on Pattern of Consumer Abuse from Wells Fargo

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, released a Democratic staff report detailing a pattern of abusive business practices by Wells Fargo and finding that prudential regulators have failed to utilize the full extent of their authorities to end unlawful practices at megabanks like Wells Fargo. “Last September, our country first…

Waters: Wells Fargo Must be Held Accountable

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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…

Waters to Wells Fargo: Changing Your Chairman Is Not Enough

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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…

Waters and Ranking Members Call on Hensarling to Subpoena Deutsche Bank

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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…

Waters Demands Answers from Treasury Secretary Mnuchin

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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…

Waters Statement at Committee Markup of Resolution to Follow Trump Money Trail

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Today, at a full Financial Services Committee markup of five bills, the Committee will consider Committee Democrats’ Resolution of Inquiry, which directs Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to provide Congress with documents on the financial dealings of President Trump, his family members, and his associates. In her opening statement, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of Financial…

Committee Dems Introduce Resolution of Inquiry to Follow Trump Money Trail

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Throughout the controversy surrounding the Trump Administration’s suspicious and undisclosed financial dealings and business partnerships, House Financial Services Committee Democrats have remained committed to following the money trail. Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, Congressman Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Vice Ranking Member of the…

At Yellen Hearing, Waters Warns of Economic Harm from Trump Policies, Commends Fed Chair

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Today, at the semiannual Humphrey-Hawkins hearing on monetary policy and the state of the economy with Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, gave the following opening statement: As Prepared for Delivery Thank you Mr. Chairman, and thank you Chair Yellen. It is a pleasure to have you with us…

Committee Dems Request Hearings with Trump Administration Officials on Harmful Cuts to Housing Programs

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Today, led by Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance Ranking Member Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), all 26 Democratic Members of the Committee on Financial Services sent a letter to Chairman Jeb Hensarling requesting hearings with Ben Carson, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the U.S.…

Waters Statement in Support of Velázquez Flood Bill to Improve NFIP

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Today, at the continuation of the House Financial Services Committee markup of seven flood insurance bills, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, gave the following statement in support of Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez’s (D-NY) bill, H.R. 2875, the “National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Administrative Reform Act of 2017:” Thank you,…

At Markup of Flood Bills, Dems Offer Amendments to Keep Flood Insurance Affordable and Accessible

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On the first day of the of the House Financial Services Committee markup of seven flood insurance bills, Committee Democrats fought for the availability and affordability of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). “Democrats will offer amendments to provide the reauthorization language needed to keep the NFIP’s doors open and keep the real estate market from spiraling out of…

Waters Opening Statement at Committee Markup of Seven Flood Insurance Bills

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Today, at a Committee markup of seven flood insurance bills, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, gave the following opening statement: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Eight days ago, we gathered in this hearing room to discuss six legislative proposals to reform the National Flood Insurance Program. At that hearing, I once again called…

Waters Calls for Bipartisan Reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program

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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: As Prepared for Delivery Thank you, Mr. Chairman and welcome to all of our witnesses,…

Democrats Fight Into the Night to Protect Consumers, Homeowners

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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…

Waters Opening Statement at Markup of the Wrong Choice Act

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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: As Prepared for Delivery Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, this is one of the…

ICYMI: Wave of Opposition to the Wrong Choice Act

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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…

Waters Statement at Hearing on the Consumer Bureau’s Semi-Annual Reports

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Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, gave the following opening statement at today's full committee hearing on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (Consumer Bureau) Semi-Annual Reports to Congress with Director Richard Cordray: As Prepared for Delivery Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you, Director Cordray, for joining…

Waters Pushes for Strong U.S. Leadership Position at the World Bank

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Today, at a Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee entitled “Examining Results and Accountability at the World Bank,” Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, gave the following opening statement: As Prepared for Delivery Thank you. I would like to welcome our witnesses here today to discuss one of the very important issues within our…

Committee Dems Call on Hensarling to Investigate Deutsche Bank’s Russian Money-Laundering Scheme, Trump Administration Ties to Russia

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In a letter to Chairman Hensarling, 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, Congressman Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Terrorism and Illicit Finance, Congressman Al Green (D-TX), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on…

Waters: Don’t Delay Fiduciary Rule

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Today, in response to the U.S. Department of Labor’s proposal to delay the implementation of its fiduciary rule, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, made the following statement: “I am deeply disappointed that the Trump Administration has decided to once again put Wall Street ahead of Main Street by delaying a crucial protection…

Waters: GOP Budget Views Abandon Main Street

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Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, rebuked Committee Republicans for putting forth budget views that fail to address issues of wealth inequality, the racial wealth gap, homelessness, affordable housing, consumer protection, and investor protection. As Prepared for Delivery Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Today, this…

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