May I inquire how much time I have remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman has 10 minutes remaining
Maxine Waters
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Maxine Moore Waters is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 43rd congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously represented California's 35th congressional district from 1991 to 2013. Waters is known for her outspoken views on various issues, including economic justice, civil rights, and government accountability. Throughout her career, she has been a strong advocate for policies aimed at addressing systemic inequalities and has played a significant role in discussions surrounding healthcare and financial reform.
One of the things I'd like to find out from Mr. Scalise...is whether or not he would advise the President and his daughter to give up the trademarks that they have with China.
Because of me and my committee, working with Ms. Velazquez, you agree to reduce it from $1 million to $250,000.
I am absolutely disturbed about the fact that someone is pushing to talk about opening up our schools when we have 40,000 students that have been infected.
I think that we should pay attention to the experts and do everything that we can do to help the economy by getting a handle on the infections and the virus that is taking place.
Landlords are struggling to pay mortgages and other costs that are associated with property maintenance.
Voting by mail is the safest option for avoiding the substantial health risks associated with in-person voting during this pandemic.
it is so important that we put as much time and effort into encouraging people to vote.
Many states, like California, have sensibly decided to expand voting by mail during the pandemic.
Systemic racism is a national crisis that impedes the full inclusion of diverse communities in our economy.
We recognize your limited authority, and have informed each of the agency directors that it is them that this committee will be holding first in line for accountabilities on diversity and inclusion performance.
I am interested in knowing exactly how many African Americans, how many Asians, all of those in the protected classes.
I would like to know, can you break that down to tell us how many African Americans, how many Asians, how many Latinx?
As systemic racism continues to impede full economic inclusion of diverse communities, OMWIs were created in part, as you all know, to prevent abusive practices.
Just as we held banks accountable at a February hearing, today we have assembled the Directors of the Offices of Minority and Women Inclusion.
Ten years ago, I authored the language in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that created the OMWIs.
Our Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, was, I think, perhaps the first in the negotiations to compromise.
The cities, in particular, are using some of that money for rental assistance.
I'm absolutely worried about the children and the families and their ability to have a roof over their head.
It's sad to see that we have a member on the opposite side of the aisle who will come here this morning playing the blame game.
I worked closely with Mr. Mnuchin. Nydia Velazquez and I worked closely on the PPP program.
The people are hurting. And we can't stimulate the economy unless we have money to spend.
I ran to the floor when I heard that our Members on the Republican side of the aisle are trying to use as an excuse we have not had a hearing. Oh, yes. You have had a hearing. You have had a hearing from the American people who are shocked…





