Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement in reaction to a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) report on the early success of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act (CARD Act). The report finds that protections under the Act benefitted consumers by reducing unfair and excessive late fees and providing clearer disclosures about the cost of credit cards. “Today, the Consumer Financial Pr... Read more

House Financial Services Committee Reviews Agency’s Semi-Annual Report Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, delivered the following opening statement at today's full Committee hearing to discuss “The Semi-Annual Report of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).” The hearing featured CFPB Director Richard Corday. Ranking Member Waters commended Director Cordray for the CFPB’s significant success thus far, as well as his commitment to work... Read more

Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement today in response to the Senate’s vote to confirm Richard Cordray as the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB): “It is with great pleasure that I congratulate Richard Cordray on his long overdue confirmation as Director of the CFPB. Under his leadership, the CFPB has been praised by industry representatives as both “effective” and “accessible.” In addition... Read more

Legislators Laud Consumer Agency’s Progress on Student Loan Debt Two senior Democratic lawmakers from the House- Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), Ranking Member on the Financial Services Committee, and Congressman George Miller (D-Calif.), the senior Democratic Member on the Education and the Workforce Committee, today released a joint letter to Director Richard Cordray commending the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for its proposed rule to subject certain nonbank education lo... Read more

Today, Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), joined U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Lois Capps (D-Calif.), in sending a letter to eight executive agencies urging them to protect surviving spouses from foreclosure. This segment of the homeowner population – often women in their later years – faces unique circumstances that unfairly deprive them of opportunities to avoid losing their home. "Surviving spouses throughout the country have found themselves in this troubling situation,... Read more

Two senior Democratic lawmakers from the House – U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), the senior Democrat on the Education and the Workforce Committee, and U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), Ranking Member on the Financial Services Committee – released the following joint statement today after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a report highlighting ways in which student loan debt can have a domino effect on other financial decisions for consumers. For example, the report ... Read more

Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, today sent the attached letter to Chairman Jeb Hensarling, responding to his refusal to allow Richard Cordray, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), to testify before the Committee. Mr. Hensarling declared his intention to block Director Cordray in a letter released yesterday in which he claims that President Obama’s recess appointment of Cordray was unconstitutional. In her letter to Ch... Read more

Ranking Member Waters opening statement at 4-16-2013 Financial Institutions Subcommittee Hearing titled, “Examining Community Bank Regulatory Burdens” I want to thank the witnesses for taking time to come talk to us today. I know it’s still a challenging time for community sized institutions such as yourselves and it can’t be easy to take time away from your businesses. And I want to get you all back home as soon as possible because we really need you to be out there lending in your communities ... Read more

Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, spoke before the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness today. Waters’ 30 minute speech outlines policy areas such as regulatory relief for community banks in which she is optimistic about working with the Republican majority on the Committee. However, she made clear that despite her willingness to consider technical fixes to Dodd Frank, she will strongly oppose efforts to repeal t... Read more

Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee (HFSC), today released the following statement in response to the news that President Barack Obama will nominate Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The CFPB was established by the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which was drafted and signed into law during the period in which Ms. Waters was Chairwoman of the HFSC Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opport... Read more

Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement today in response to the announcement by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau of a rule governing actions by mortgage servicers: The rule is a strong first step towards limiting widespread predatory practices by the mortgage servicing industry, which have led to many American families needlessly losing their homes. It establishes rules that provide lenders with clear guidan... Read more