Today, at a House Committee on Financial Services markup of bipartisan legislation, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Financial Services, gave the following statement: As Prepared for Delivery Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank you and Members of the Committee for considering six Democratic bills today that will ensure small businesses have increased access to capital, enhance investor protections and improve investors’ ability to ma... Read more

Today, at a House Financial Services Committee markup of 7 bills, 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, I understand that this is likely the first of several markups this month, as part of an effort to move forward a package of capital markets bills. While it is important for the Committee to consider measures that will help our small business... Read more

Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, gave the following floor statement in opposition to H.R. 3978, a bill that threatens many of the important reforms Democrats made to restore investor confidence in our capital markets after the financial crisis: As Prepared for Delivery Madam Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 3978, the “TRID Improvement Act of 2018.” H.R. 3978 has been dramatically expanded without input from Democrats to... Read more

Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, gave the following floor statement in opposition to H.R. 4015, a bill that would undermine sound corporate governance: Mr. Speaker, H.R. 4015, the so-called Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act, would create an untested, inappropriate, and burdensome regulatory framework for proxy advisory firms, making it much more difficult for shareholders to obtain unbiased research used to make well... Read more

Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, gave the following floor statement in opposition to H.R. 2201, the Micro Offering Safe Harbor Act: As Prepared for Delivery Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2201 would create an unnecessary and potentially dangerous loophole in federal and state securities laws by allowing companies to sell unregistered securities without important safeguards that normally apply to such transactions. Specifically, the bill would a... Read more

Today, Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Democrats on the House Committee on Financial Services elected their Vice Ranking Member and their Subcommittee Ranking Members. Members also selected their Subcommittee assignments for the 115th Congress.‎ The Democratic Caucus created the Vice Ranking Member position to provide more representation of the diversity of the Democratic Caucus, and strengthen its fight on behalf of hard-working Americans. Congressman Daniel T. Kildee (MI-05) was electe... Read more

Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA) today announced subcommittee assignments for the Democratic Members of the House Financial Services Committee. The Ranking Members of each subcommittee were chosen through a selection process based on seniority, with the confirmation of all Committee members. Positions on each subcommittee were secured through an open-bidding process in which all members of the Democratic caucus participate. Factors guiding the process included members’ years of service as wel... Read more

Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee, today announced changes in the Democratic membership of the Financial Services’ subcommittees. Changes were necessary due to the departure of former Rep. Mel Watt (D-NC) to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and the appointment of Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV) to the Committee. Ranking Members of the various subcommittees have not changed. The new subcommittee memberships are listed below. The assignments will b... Read more

Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, today announced the Democratic Members of the subcommittees of the FSC. The memberships of the subcommittees were determined by an open bidding process within the Democratic caucus of the committee. The process was guided in part by Members’ years of service to the committee, but it also gave all Members a chance to express their preferences for subcommittee assignments. The memberships of the subcommittees ar... Read more