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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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Apr 8, 2019

I believe this is the correct approach and regulators should continue their work to fix this outdated regulation.

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Apr 8, 2019

CRA is one of the most important and impactful civil rights laws applicable to federally insured banks.

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Apr 8, 2019

He believes that Kavanaugh will stand up for him, and so he's willing to go that far.

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Apr 8, 2019

You're wasting your time. Remember, you have a foreign dignitary in your office.

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Apr 8, 2019

We cannot believe anything that's been said by this president or by Mr. Mnuchin.

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Apr 8, 2019

The law does not allow the Secretary to exercise discretion in disclosing the information provided the statutory conditions are met.

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Apr 8, 2019

I was informed that more than half of all of the mortgages issued last year came from nonbanks.

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Apr 8, 2019

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I thank you for holding this long overdue hearing on the Community Reinvestment Act, a law of immense importance that was put in place to ensure fair access to credit and banking services.

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Apr 8, 2019

I urge the OCC, the FDIC, and the Fed to work in concert on CRA modernization in good faith.

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Apr 3, 2019

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 39, after line 6, insert the following: ``(12) To train campus personnel in how to use a victim…

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Apr 1, 2019

Thank you, Chairwoman Maxine Waters, for this opportunity to address the committee and to review GNO Fair Housing's efforts to live up to the mandate of the Fair Housing Act.

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Apr 1, 2019

My bill, the Restoring Fair Housing Protections Eliminated by HUD Act, is designed to put protections that Ben Carson and the Trump Administration have diminished back in place.

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Apr 1, 2019

I am very pleased that you are focusing on rural housing as the first hearing held by this subcommittee.

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Mar 14, 2019

I thank Chairman Nadler for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I strongly support H. Con. Res. 24, which expresses the sense of Congress that the report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller should be available to the public and to Congress. Special…

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Mar 13, 2019

As we join together during this Sunshine Week to highlight the importance of transparency in our economy and our national security, and the preservation of our rule of law, we cannot ignore the insidious harm that is being done by…

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Mar 13, 2019

I cannot describe how pleased I am working with Mr. McHenry and the way that he has expressed to you in his presentation how we have worked together, and I thank him for that. I am very appreciative of that, and I will continue to work on…

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Mar 12, 2019

I have long advocated for a long-term reauthorization of the NFIP in order to provide certainty in the housing market.

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Mar 12, 2019

Trying to bring in the private sector to write flood insurance policies is incredibly important.

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Mar 12, 2019

This program is sick. We have problems in the Flood Insurance Program.

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Mar 12, 2019

We have to address these repetitive loss properties. They are 2 percent of the properties, but they account for 24 percent of the costs.

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Mar 12, 2019

I intend to work in a bipartisan manner with Ranking Member McHenry to provide a long-term reauthorization to restore stability and confidence in the market.

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