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Maxine Waters: “I want Members to know how proud I am to serve here in the Congress of the United States, and to serve with Members who…”

On the recordMay 17, 2001
I want Members to know how proud I am to serve here in the Congress of the United States, and to serve with Members who care so much that they make this their priority work. I want Members to know how proud I am to be able to do the kind of work my ancestors would certainly have me do, and I am so proud that I have been given this opportunity, and that the people who have joined with me appointed to this committee are working very hard. Yes, we have been to Texas, we have been to Pennsylvania, and we are on our way to Chicago, a place that really does need us. It has needed us for a long time.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Addressing issues related to voting rights and the need for better support at polling places.

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