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Eight Years after Katrina, Ranking Member Waters Pledges Continued Commitment to the People of the Gulf

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Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, today released the following statement expressing her continued commitment to the people of the Gulf Region, many of whom are still dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. “On the eighth anniversary of the landfall of Hurricane Katrina, I stand with the people of the Gulf Region in remembrance…

Waters Leads Letter Urging FEMA to Act to Keep Flood Insurance Rates Affordable

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Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, along with 26 colleagues sent a bipartisan letter to Craig Fugate, Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), urging him to use any discretionary authority available to address an unintended consequence of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act. Ranking Member Waters’ letter…

Waters Applauds Passage of Bipartisan Amendment

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Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, made the following statement yesterday on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. Ranking Member Waters called for bipartisan support to an amendment, offered by Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) that would delay implementation of Section 207 of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, and…

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