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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 10, 2018

Mr. Mulvaney is not the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. He was illegally appointed by President Trump.

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Apr 10, 2018

I will not stand idly by while President Trump's OMB director destroys the Consumer Bureau when harmed consumers need help.

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Apr 10, 2018

Democrats will not allow the Consumer Bureau's statutorily mandated mission to be undermined.

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Feb 26, 2018

I am concerned that the hard-earned economic recovery, which came as a result of policies and reforms put in place by President Obama, Democrats in Congress, and the Federal Reserve, will be undermined by the reckless and misguided…

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Feb 5, 2018

Those sanctions should be not delayed or waived, and we should have information about it.

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Feb 5, 2018

Congress passed this law on a broadly bipartisan basis with the clear objective of punishing Russia for its brazen attack on our democracy.

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Feb 5, 2018

I am very concerned that the Trump Administration seems to be determined to remove all nonbank systemically important financial institutions from FSOC supervision regardless of what threats those institutions may pose to our economy.

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Feb 5, 2018

Do you believe our intelligence agencies, as they have said to us, that Russia did hack into our DNC and undermined our democracy?

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Feb 5, 2018

Even the findings section of the law explicitly references the intelligence community's finding that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the United States Presidential election.

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Feb 5, 2018

Who is responsible for delegating what was passed by an overwhelming majority of this House to the State Department?

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Feb 5, 2018

I am wondering why this Administration continues to let key deadlines in the act come and go without taking any action to implement the act and punish Russia for its crimes against the American people.

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Feb 5, 2018

The Congress of the United States does not know what you are doing.

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Feb 5, 2018

But the final conclusion is that nothing has been done. There has been no waiver. There has been no delay. There has not been anything that has been done.

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Feb 5, 2018

I would encourage you to encourage the President to declassify any information that should be forthcoming to this committee.

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Nov 28, 2017

These are worthy objectives and are reflected in a number of important provisions in the bill.

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Nov 28, 2017

We should, for example, be careful not to lift SAR and CTR reporting thresholds if doing so undermines law enforcement's ability to stop bad actors.

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Nov 20, 2017

Maxine Waters, the incoming Chair of the Financial Services Committee has called for an investigation into Trump's relationships with one of its largest lenders, Deutsche Bank.

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Oct 24, 2017

It is unfortunate that the three CEOs for the major credit reporting agencies rejected the opportunity to discuss their business model and what actions Congress should consider in the wake of the Equifax data breach to better oversee the…

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Oct 24, 2017

Unfortunately, the CEOs of each of these three major credit bureaus have refused to attend this hearing.

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Oct 24, 2017

I think that many companies know what they ought to be doing on data security and they are not doing it. And I think that we need stronger enforcement authority accompanied by civil penalties.

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Oct 24, 2017

Absolutely not. They need more control and protection.

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Oct 24, 2017

Thank you very much. I have a number of them, Mr. Chairman.

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Oct 23, 2017

For those members on the opposite side of the aisle, we are trying to change history about AIG and trying to imply that somehow you want the Federal Government to take over all State insurance.

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Oct 23, 2017

I am concerned that this authority will be rendered virtually meaningless if FIO's ability to collect data from the insurance industry is undermined.

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Oct 11, 2017

These properties that are owned in part by the President or Mr. Kushner are also reportedly in very bad condition.

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