Maxine Waters

Even though you are not sworn in, do you realize you are under oath?

However, even though you have indicated, I think, on more than one occasion, that you do take requests from Members of Congress seriously, you did not respond to a May 23rd letter for me and my Democratic colleagues requesting copies of…

Serious questions have been raised about their suspicious financial arrangements and involvement with Russian government officials, oligarchs, and organized crime leaders.

It is critical for the American public to learn the extent to which President Trump, his immediate family, and his associates colluded with Russia to influence the outcome of last year's election.

I certainly don't think that taxing remittances would be a good thing to do. It would be a terrible thing to do.

It is very important for all of us that you are holding this hearing today.

As a result, there are many loopholes or gaps in the law that allowed--that were that allowed individuals to avoid fiduciary status and provide conflicted investment advice that cost our Nation's workers and retirees $17 billion each year.

This is a very important issue. And of course, we had to go through quite a bit in order to make sure that the work that had been done at DOL could be realized following an Executive Order that was put forth by this resident that delayed…

In passing the wrong choice act, House Republicans, once again, are trying to weaken the independence of the Fed.

Since day one, the story of the Trump Administration has been one of chaos and turmoil.

None of it is good. He reversed a planned cut to Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance premiums.

We have to stop this Wrong Choice bill.

I would like to say to Reverend Willie Gable, Pastor at the National Baptist Convention USA, I want to thank you for what you are doing.

Earlier this week the Majority held a hearing during which their witnesses shared so many alternative facts, that I was sure they must be living in an alternative reality.

Thank you to the witnesses for joining us today, especially Senator Elizabeth Warren, who created the idea of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and gave the force behind it to make it a reality.

One of the key issues this subcommittee will be looking at is the adequacy of current information-sharing authorities and the degree to which they strike the right balance between security and civil liberty concerns.

The wrong choice act thoroughly dismantles Wall Street reform, guts the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The day will come when rich persons, rich men won't be able to buy their way out of this criminal activity and they will go to jail and they should go to jail.

Well, I can't-- you can't pay any attention to what the president says. They are cut from the same cloth. They are two of a kind.

I consider that it was a sexual harassment enterprise there at Fox. And the men there and Roger Ailes, this was a way of life for them. Powerful men with a lot of money, who would proposition women, take advantage of them.

I'm pleased with the advertisers who decided that they were going to pull their ads from his show. I'm so pleased with the women who came forward who were victims and decided that they were going to expose what had happened to them.

Absolutely. And I'm very proud of what I understand took place. The sons of Murdoch are the ones that I'm told insisted that he had to go. And, they're trying to take this station into a new era. And so, I'm very pleased that they did that.

I led 40 other current and former Members of Congress to file an amicus curiae brief with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's independent structure and its clear constitutionality.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Director Cordray are doing exactly the job they are supposed to do, and they are doing it well.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has successfully recovered nearly $12 billion for 29 million consumers who have been victim to predatory financial practices.