Maxine Waters actually said...

Today I am here to discuss an issue I care very deeply about, that has been ignored for far too long.

We will stand by the rights promised to Freedmen and the treaties that guaranteed those rights over a century ago.

I want to thank again Senator Schatz for holding this important hearing and working with me on this issue.

This pandemic has made clear that the ongoing discrimination of the Freedmen descendants can literally mean the difference between life and ...