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On the recordJanuary 12, 2016
Let me apologize to everybody for Biggert-Waters. I am the 'Waters' of Biggert-Waters.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Waters acknowledges her role in the Biggert-Waters Act and its unintended consequences.

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