Negotiating with Democrats to Save Affordable Health Care BAILING OUT FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, released a fact sheet on day 17 of the Trump-Republican shutdown—which Trump and Republicans initiated because of their refusal to negotiate with Democrats to protect health care for millions of Americans. ... Read More »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent following President Donald Trump’s sudden bailout of Argentina’s economy. In the letter, Waters demands Treasury Secretary Bessent promptly provide a briefing for Committee members and detailed information about the financia... Read More »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, released information on day 15 of the Trump-Republican shutdown—which Trump and Republicans initiated because of their refusal to negotiate with Democrats to protect health care for millions of Americans. Today’s release highlights how the Trump Administration is using the government shutdown to ... Read More »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement after President Donald Trump ordered the mass firing of Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) employees in the midst of the Trump-Republican government shutdown—which Republicans initiated because of their refusal to negotiate with Democrats to protect... Read More »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, released this statement in light of President Trump’s meeting with Argentine President Javier Milei to announce the United States’ bailout to the government of Argentina. The U.S. Department of the Treasury—whose international activities and any use of the Exchange Stabilization Fund—are overseen... Read More »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, released information on day 14 of the Trump-Republican shutdown—which Trump and Republicans initiated because of their refusal to negotiate with Democrats to protect health care for millions of Americans. Today’s release highlights how the Trump Administration is using the government shutdown to ... Read More »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, shared the following information on how the Trump-Republican shutdown—which Republicans initiated because of their refusal to negotiate with Democrats to protect health care for millions of Americans— is harming federal employees, including military families who are essential to keeping our natio... Read More »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, released this statement following reports that the Trump Administration has attempted to fire all Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund staff at the Treasury Department. Congress established the CDFI Fund in 1994 to support community financial institutions providing financial p... Read More »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, released the below fact sheet outlining the harmful impacts of the government shutdown—which Trump and Republicans initiated because of their refusal to negotiate with Democrats to protect health care for millions of Americans. This fact sheet highlights how the Trump-Republican shutdown is furth... Read More »
Today, in light of the ongoing Trump–Republican government shutdown—which Trump and Republicans initiated because of their refusal to cancel cuts to health care—Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter to the leaders of a number of financial industry trade organizations, including the American Bankers Association, American Fintec... Read More »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, released this factsheet outlining the harmful impacts of the government shutdown—which Trump and Republicans initiated because of their refusal to negotiate with Democrats to protect health care for millions of Americans. This fact sheet highlights how the Trump-Republican shutdown has dismantled... Read More »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, released this fact sheet outlining the harmful impacts of the government shutdown—which Trump and Republicans initiated because of their refusal to negotiate with Democrats to protect healthcare for millions of Americans. This fact sheet highlights the negative impact the Trump-Republican shutdow... Read More »
Today, in light of the ongoing Trump-Republican government shutdown — which Trump and Republicans initiated because of their refusal to cancel cuts to health care — Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Comptroller Jonathan V. Gould, Fed... Read More »
Text of Amicus Brief (PDF) Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, led their House and Senate colleagues in filing an amicus brief calling for the full U.S. Court of Appeals ... Read More »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, released this fact sheet on the harm that the Trump-Republican shutdown – which Republicans initiated because of their refusal to cancel cuts to healthcare – would pose to small businesses. These healthcare cuts not only endanger the wellbeing of millions of Americans but also increase costs and ... Read More »
