Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, announced that she sent letters to the leadership of the House Committee on Appropriations urging appropriators to fund provisions that would address our nation’s worsening housing and homelessness crisis, support small, minority-owned businesses, and to protect our nation’s investors… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, released this statement on the week of the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act.
“A year ago this week, Democrats successfully passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law. After just one year, we’ve seen the tremendous impact this landmark legislation has had on… Read more »
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, delivered a floor speech denouncing Speaker McCarthy’s extremist debt ceiling bill:
See an excerpt of the speech below, and the full speech HERE.
“Thank you very much, Congressman Jackson.
“In just a matter of months, the United States is on track to default on its debt for the first… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, released this statement following the release of President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget request.
“At a time when our nation’s affordable housing and homelessness crises worsen, I applaud the Biden Administration for its 2024 budget proposal which includes $73 billion in… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, announced the victories that the Committee successfully secured in the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations bill —legislation that provides $1.7 trillion to fund the Federal Government. The legislation includes several priorities of Democratic members of the Financial Services Committee… Read more »
The House Financial Services Committee, led by Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), has submitted its Budget Views and Estimates for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 to the House Budget Committee. The purpose of this document is to advise the Budget Committee on matters within the Financial Services Committee’s jurisdiction as it formulates the budget for FY 2023.
The Views were signed by all… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, announced the victories that the Committee successfully secured in the 2022 omnibus spending bill — legislation that provides Congress with the legal authority needed to spend or obligate U.S. Treasury funds. The legislation includes several priorities of Democratic members of the Financial… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter calling on President Joseph R. Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer to include the Committee-passed housing provisions in the Build Back Better Act.
The letter was signed by every Democratic Member of the House Financial Services… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, gave the following statement on the House floor in support of the rule, which would pass the House’s budget resolution.
Thank you so very much. I am very appreciative for the time that I’ve been afforded. And I rise in support of the rule, which would pass the House’s budget resolution.… Read more »
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, sent letters to senior Members of the House Committee on Appropriations urging them to fund the Minority Business Development Agency, the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and programs that support affordable housing and address… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, gave the following floor statement on the urgent need to pass the FY2021 Joint Budget Resolution on COVID-19 relief:
Mr. Speaker, I happily rise in support of this joint budget resolution for Fiscal Year 2021 to enact our President Biden’s American Rescue Plan and provide urgently needed… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, delivered the following statement regarding the inclusion of several Democratic financial services measures in the William (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021, for which she served as a conferee. Today, the House of Representatives approved the… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, released the following statement urging the House of Representatives to approve amendments offered by her to the Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education,… Read more »
As the nation endures the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Committee Democrats led by Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, have released the Financial Protections and Assistance for America’s Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act (H.R. 6321), legislation to provide a comprehensive stimulus and public policy… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, delivered the following floor statement in support of H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).
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Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Senate Amendment to H.R. 748, now referred to as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic… Read more »
As the nation endures the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Committee Democrats led by Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, have released the Financial Protections and Assistance for America’s Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act (H.R. 6321), legislation to provide a comprehensive stimulus and public policy… Read more »
As the nation endures the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Committee Democrats led by Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, have released the Financial Protections and Assistance for America’s Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act (H.R. 6321), legislation to provide a comprehensive stimulus and public policy… Read more »
As the nation endures the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Committee Democrats led by Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, have released the Financial Protections and Assistance for America’s Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act (H.R. 6321), legislation to provide a comprehensive stimulus and public policy… Read more »
As the nation endures the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Committee Democrats led by Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, have released the Financial Protections and Assistance for America’s Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act (H.R. 6321), legislation to provide a comprehensive stimulus and public policy… Read more »
As the nation endures the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Committee Democrats led by Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, have released the Financial Protections and Assistance for America’s Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act (H.R. 6321), legislation to provide a comprehensive stimulus and public policy… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, led Committee Democrats in releasing the Financial Protections and Assistance for America’s Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act (H.R. 6321), legislation to provide a comprehensive stimulus and public policy response to the coronavirus pandemic.
“The House… Read more »
Today, the House Financial Services Committee passed seven bills to benefit consumers, investors and the economy.
The bills passed by the Committee include:
H.R. 149, the Housing Fairness Act, a bill introduced by Congressman Al Green (D-TX), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, which would authorize increased funding for the Department of Housing and… Read more »
Following the House passage of a $2.7 trillion budget deal, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, sent a letter to senior Members of the House Committee on Appropriations, applauding their recent bipartisan agreement to lift FY2020 discretionary spending limits and requesting that the additional discretionary funds provided by the… Read more »
This week, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3351, the fiscal year 2020 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill, which provides $24.6 billion to assist taxpayers, support small businesses and funds a broad range of government agencies including the Department of Treasury and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA),… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, in response to the Trump Administration’s release of its budget request to Congress for Fiscal Year 2020, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement:
“Trump has repeatedly shown that he has no interest in standing up for hardworking Americans and this proposal is just another example.… Read more »
