Maxine Waters actually said...

"I look forward to discussing the actions of our financial industry, and what they can do to remedy and deal with the lasting effects of their having profited from the enslavement of human beings."

"The Federal Government ought to move to do whatever it takes to encourage, to legislate, to get the compensation for the descendants based on the information being available."

"Shouldn't there be a way that the banks and insurance companies should move forward, now that some have disclosed, and those that we are going to encourage to disclose, to do its own reparations?"

"This hearing should not be for naught."