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Maxine Waters, Ranking Member, Secures Critical IMF Authorizing Provisions in FY2024 Appropriations to Support IMF Member Countries

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, released this statement following President Biden signing the FY24 Appropriations bill into law, which includes crucial authorizing provisions related to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). “I am proud to announce that I was able to secure two critical provisions in the FY2024…

Ranking Member Waters Urges Rejection of IFC Management Action Plan Due to Lack of Compensation for Sexual Abuse Survivors at Bridge Academy Schools in Kenya

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As the executive board of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) – the World Bank’s private sector investment arm – prepares to allow passage of a Management Action Plan (MAP) today in response to reports of child sexual abuse at schools operated by Bridge International Academies (Bridge) in Kenya, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services…

Maxine Waters, Ranking Member, Delivers Opening Statement During Full Committee Hearing on National Security: “While Democrats Continue to Put People, Peace, and Prosperity Over Politics, MAGA Republicans Prioritize Only One Person: Donald Trump.”

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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, “Oversight of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI).” Thank you very much Mr. Chairman and I’d like to welcome Undersecretary…

Maxine Waters, Ranking Member, Delivers Opening Statement During National Security Subcommittee Hearing: “We Have an Opportunity Here to Ensure That None of America’s Resources Are Used to Undermine Our Country or Support Our Adversaries.”

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, delivered the following opening statement during the National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Better Investment Barriers: Strengthening CCP Sanctions and Exploring Alternatives to Bureaucratic Regimes.” Thank you very…

Maxine Waters, Ranking Member, Announces Passage of Five Bipartisan Bills to Protect National Security, Urges Continued Support for Ukraine

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, announced that the House of Representatives passed five pieces of bipartisan legislation aimed at safeguarding our national security from threats from adversaries like Russia and China that threaten to dismantle our nation’s financial system. H.R. 4768 “No Russian Agriculture…

Maxine Waters, Ranking Member, Delivers Opening Statement During Subcommittee Hearing on Sanctions

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, delivered the following opening statement during an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Moving the Money Part 2: Getting Answers from the Biden Administration on the Iranian Regime’s Support of Terrorism." Under the Biden Administration, the U.S. has…

Maxine Waters, Ranking Member, Delivers Opening Statement During Subcommittee Hearing on Sanctions

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, delivered the following opening statement during a National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Restricting Rogue-State Revenue: Strengthening Energy Sanctions on Russia, Iran, and Venezuela.” Thank you, Chairman…

Ranking Member Maxine Waters Urges IMF to Expand Efforts to Combat Corruption

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Today, 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, requesting that the U.S. Treasury work with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to better combat corruption. In the letter, Ranking Member Waters emphasizes the harm that corruption poses to a government’s…

Ranking Member Waters Delivers Opening Statement During Full Committee Markup: “There Is a Strong, Bipartisan Desire to Send a Clear Signal That Terrorism, From Iran’s Support of Hamas and Hezbollah to Russia’s Illegal Invasion of Ukraine Will Not Be Tolerated.”

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, delivered the following opening statement during a full Committee markup. Good morning. On October 7th, Hamas launched a deadly attack against the people of Israel, resulting in the death of more than 1,400 Israelis, as well as over 30 Americans. I again condemn Hamas for this…

Ranking Member Waters Delivers Opening Statement During Subcommittee Hearing on Financial Regulation: “We are 10 Days Away from A Costly Government Shutdown, and Instead of Working with Democrats...Republicans Are Advancing Funding Bills That Slash Critical Funding and Undermine Agencies.”

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, delivered the following opening statement during a Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy hearing entitled, “The Tangled Web of Global Governance: How the Biden Administration is Ceding Authority Over American Financial Regulation.” We are 10 days away from a…

Ranking Member Waters Announces Passage of Bipartisan Legislation During Full Committee Markup

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, announced the following Democratic-led and bipartisan bills that passed during this week’s full Committee markup. H.R. 5523, the “Financial Access Improvements Act” led by Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA). This bill would add optional components to the State Department’s…

Ranking Member Waters Delivers Opening Statement at Full Committee Markup: “…I Have a Question for the Speaker and MAGA Republicans: ‘When Are You Going to Stop Turning Your Back on Democracy, Both at Home And abroad?’”

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a full Committee markup. When I was Chairwoman of this Committee last Congress, this Committee came together after Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, to craft bipartisan legislation aimed at protecting Ukraine and holding Russia…

Ranking Member Waters’ Statement Following the Biden Administration’s Executive Order on Outbound Investments

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, released this statement following the release of the Biden Administration’s Executive Order and Advanced Notice for Proposed Rulemaking regarding Outbound Investments. “I welcome the Biden Administration’s latest actions to restrict outbound investments to China, but more needs to be…

Waters, Brown Ask CFIUS to Evaluate National Security Risks of PGA Tour Merger with Saudi-Backed LIV

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, sent a letter to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) expressing concern about the…

Ranking Member Waters Delivers Opening Statement During Full Committee Hearing with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen: “The Biden Administration and Democrats Have Shown What Happens When You Deliver Legislation That Puts Working Families First.”

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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…

Waters Delivers Opening Statement at Full Committee Hearing Combating the Economic Threat from China

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Committee on Financial Services, delivered the following statement at a full Committee hearing entitled, “Combating the Economic Threat from China.” Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As we discuss how to bolster our economy and to counter threats from China, I’d like to start by saying that if House Republicans continue…

Ranking Member Waters Calls on Chair McHenry to Immediately Convene Hearing Examining Looming Debt Default, Unprecedented Threat of Financial and Economic Downfall

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee sent a letter to Chairman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) urging the Chair to move promptly to convene a hearing to discuss how Congress will act to protect the creditworthiness of the United States, along with the dire and lasting economic consequences that will follow if Congress fails to do so.…

Chairwoman Waters’ Statement on World Bank President’s Comments on Climate Change

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement in response to World Bank President David Malpass’s refusal to accept the scientific consensus that the burning of fossil fuels is dangerously warming the planet: “President Malpass’s refusal to accept the overwhelming scientific consensus that human…

Waters Delivers Opening Statement at Subcommittee Hearing on the Growth of Alternative Payment Systems

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Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, delivered the following statement at a Subcommittee on National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy hearing entitled, “Under the Radar: Alternative Payment Systems and the National Security Impacts of Their Growth.” Thank you very much, Chairman Himes, for convening this…

Waters Delivers Opening Statement at Historic Full Committee Hearing on the Impacts of De-Risking on the Caribbean

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, gave the following statement at a full Committee hybrid hearing entitled, “When Banks Leave: The Impacts of De-Risking on the Caribbean and Strategies for Ensuring Financial Access.” I would like to welcome the Prime Minister of Barbados, the Honorable Mia Amor Mottley, to the Financial…

Waters Secures House Passage of Nine Bipartisan Financial Services Bills

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Today, Chairwoman Maxine Waters secured passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of nine bipartisan bills The Fair Hiring in Banking Act (H.R. 5911), a bill by Representative Joyce Beatty (D-OH). This bill would expand employment opportunities at banks and credit unions by reducing barriers to employment based on past minor criminal offenses. The bill specifically provides an…

Waters Statement on Appointment to Conference Committee for America COMPETES Act

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, released the following statement after being named a Member of the House who will go to conference with the Senate over the House’s America COMPETES Act of 2022: “I am pleased to be appointed by Speaker Pelosi as a member of the conference committee for the America COMPETES Act of 2022.…

Chairwoman Waters Sends Letter to the Financial and Commercial Industry Over Russian Disinvestment

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter to trade associations representing thousands of American firms from the financial and commercial industry, requesting detailed information on the actions that America’s financial institutions and businesses have taken to end their relationships and engagements in Russia and with…

Waters Opening Statement at March Full Committee Markup of Bipartisan Bills to Punish Russia and Support Ukraine

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Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, gave the following statement at a full Committee hybrid markup. Today, this Committee comes together in the first of a series of markups on legislation to press Russian President Vladimir Putin to end his unprovoked and illegal invasion of the sovereign nation of Ukraine. Russia’s invasion…

Waters Supports Ukrainian People and Strong U.S., Multilateral Response to Russian Invasion of Ukraine

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Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine: “I join with President Biden and our allies in condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine. The Biden Administration’s latest sanctions and other strict measures…

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