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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.

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Oct 18, 2019

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McHENRY. Mr. Chair, I am ready to close, if I may inquire if the gentlewoman from California has any further speakers.

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Oct 18, 2019

The Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2019 is a commonsense bill that is supported by consumer advocacy organizations, like Public Citizen, the labor representatives from the AFL-CIO, Communications Workers of America, the United…

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Oct 18, 2019

I claim time in opposition. The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from California is recognized for 5 minutes.

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Oct 18, 2019

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from California is recognized for 5 minutes.

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Oct 17, 2019

First, let me just say, no matter how many amendments the opposite side can come up with, no matter how many ways they try to explain why they are not speaking for the retail investors, the small folks, the people with not a lot of…

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Oct 17, 2019

I would like to inquire how much time I have remaining. The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from California has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

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Oct 17, 2019

This amendment is unnecessary and could undermine the investor understanding of how retail investors relate to brokers. H.R. 1815, the SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act, simply requires the Securities and Exchange Commission to test…

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Oct 17, 2019

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from California is recognized for 5 minutes.

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Oct 15, 2019

Well, yes, you do. Listen, I beg to disagree with you, and don't try and come to this committee and not answer the questions, and filibuster, and pretend not to remember.

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Oct 15, 2019

You have helped predatory debt collectors by issuing a weak debt collection rule.

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Oct 15, 2019

You have issued a proposal and final rule to weaken reporting requirements under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act.

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Oct 15, 2019

Director Kraninger, the record shows that you are undermining protections for consumers and letting bad actors off the hook.

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Oct 15, 2019

You have helped payday lenders by moving to delay and weaken the Consumer Bureau's payday, small-dollar, and car title rule.

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Oct 15, 2019

You have forced the Consumer Bureau to abandon its longstanding defense of the constitutionality of the agency's structure.

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Oct 1, 2019

I think he is really very, very upset about what is happening, because he never thought that we would get to an impeachment inquiry.

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Oct 1, 2019

Do you understand how important this is to have the President of the United States talking about a civil war? How dangerous that is?

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Oct 1, 2019

I think we have to move swiftly. I think that the call to the Ukrainian President put a lot of facts on the table.

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Sep 24, 2019

I want to ask about foreclosures and how seniors end up with foreclosures in the HECM program?

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Sep 24, 2019

I am so pleased to be working with him to deal with this.

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Sep 24, 2019

Making loss mitigation mandatory is critical.

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Sep 24, 2019

It is, as I mentioned, extremely important.

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Sep 24, 2019

We have yet to have the resources that we need to deal with our aging seniors.

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Sep 23, 2019

the racial and gender wealth gap is real, unacceptable, and actually much larger than people think.

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