Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Community Development Finance Caucus, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary Treasury Janet Yellen, urging the Department to provide dedicated financial and training resources to improve the technology capabilities and capacity of… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, Congressman Sean Casten (D-IL), and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget, sent a letter to Andrew M. Mais, President of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). In the letter, the lawmakers urge NAIC to provide an update on… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter to financial regulators, including the U.S. Treasury Department, National Credit Union Association, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Reserve. In the letter,… Read more »

      Yesterday, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, spoke with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen during a full Committee hearing. During the hearing, Congresswoman Waters highlighted the Biden-Harris Administration’s successful economic record and also discussed the following issues with the Secretary: … Read more »

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, “The Annual Testimony of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the International Financial System.” As prepared for delivery Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good morning. I’d like to welcome you,… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, released a statement applauding President Biden’s nomination of Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner Kristin Johnson to serve as Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. “I applaud President Biden for his decision to… Read more »

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, alongside Congressman French Hill (R-AR), and House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-NY), sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging for the swift and full implementation of the Rebuilding Prosperity and… Read more »

The top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA); the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC); U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID); and, U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) sent a letter to federal financial regulators urging them to implement their respective obligations under the Financial Data… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter to President Biden urging him to nominate current Commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Kristin Johnson, to serve as the Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. In the letter, Waters highlights… Read more »

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, “The Annual Report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council.” (U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen and House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Maxine Waters) Treasury… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, delivered opening remarks for the United States Treasury's Annual Freedman’s Bank forum for a panel entitled, “Scaling Underserved Businesses through Capital and Ecosystem Support” to discuss the progress that’s been made to deliver capital and technical assistance to help… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a full Committee hearing entitled, “Oversight of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and Other Efforts to Strengthen National Security in the United States.” Good morning. My Democratic colleagues and I have… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the United States Department of the… Read more »

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter to Janet Yellen, the Secretary of the United States Treasury along with Gary Gensler, Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), urging the two agencies to share their analysis on the draft digital assets market structure legislation released by Committee Republicans… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a full Committee hearing entitled, “The Annual Testimony of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the International Financial System.” Good morning. I’d like to welcome Secretary Yellen before our Committee today. I want to… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Service Committee, released this statement following the latest move by the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) – which sits within the U.S. Department of Treasury – to rescind former U.S. Treasury Secretary’s guidance on nonbank systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs). “When… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, joined a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers in sending a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) acting Director Himamauli Das regarding the Treasury Department’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on Beneficial Ownership… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, delivered the following statement at a full Committee hearing entitled, “The Federal Regulators' Response to Recent Bank Failures.” Good morning. I’d like to thank Chairman McHenry for working with me in a bipartisan way on investigating the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, released the following statement after the Federal Reserve, Treasury Department and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), announced new actions regarding Silicon… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, released a report highlighting the historic and transformational work that Committee Democrats achieved under her leadership for both the 116th and 117th Congresses. During a global pandemic, a worsening housing crisis and a widening racial-wealth gap, Committee Democrats have consistently… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter to Chair of the Federal Trade Commission, Lina Khan, urging robust review of the proposed acquisition of Black Knight, a software, data, and analytics company by the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure. In the… Read more »

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, announced passage of the following bills under suspension of the rules: H.R. 6889, the “Credit Union Board Modernization Act” is a bill offered by Representative Juan Vargas (D-CA) that would reduce the minimum number of board of director meetings for Federal credit unions that are highly… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, gave the following statement at a full Committee hearing entitled, “The Annual Testimony of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the International Financial System.”  I would like to welcome Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen who today is presenting testimony for the first… Read more »

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, and Congressman Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) co-led a letter with 36 Members of California’s Congressional delegation to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urging the Department of the Treasury to reallocate unused Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERA) funds to states with the highest need for such… Read more »

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, gave the following statement at a full Committee virtual hearing entitled, “Digital Assets and the Future of Finance: The President’s Working Group on Financial Markets’ Report on Stablecoins.” Today’s hearing is part of this Committee’s ongoing review of digital assets. This Committee has been… Read more »