Maxine Waters actually said...

"I want to close the wealth gap, and I have come to understand very clearly that it is not simply through wages."

"We are a long way from replacing public housing in New Orleans, which is what I so staunchly advocated for post-Katrina."

"Let's build on those successes and gear our legislation and funding towards building on those successes."

"We all have a responsibility to be about the business of economic development, opening up contracting opportunities."