Maxine Waters

I just want to dispel the notion that any community is being helped by being treated differently.

Moreover the act has had a disparate impact on the African American community, resulting in the incarceration of a disproportionate number of African Americans often for many, many years.

The current sentencing requirements have failed to accomplish the legislative intent of the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act.

The Major Drug Traffic and Prosecution Act would eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses and redirect Federal prosecutorial resources toward major drug traffickers.

We are wasting precious government resources on low level drug offenders.

What we are hearing is that we don't believe that your measurements are correct.

What you do will decide what the advertisers do.

I have been troubled about aiding the Black banks, trying to save them...

I want you to know that some of the suggestions that I have heard can certainly be acted on...

Only 44 of the more than 1,200 TV stations are owned by people of color.

All of my career, all of my life that I have been involved with public policy, I have been forced to have to deal with trying to save minority institutions.

We are in a bad economic time, and it is very appropriate that we talk about trends affecting minority broadcasters.

We are really talking about trends affecting minority broadcasters. And this is extremely important.

I appreciate the fact that you have been on the cutting edge of issues dealing with the criminal justice system, dealing with civil rights, and of course, African-Americans in all aspects of our society.

It is a real way by which to help not only our cities but families get back into housing.

The foreclosure problem far exceeds current resources.

I believe this legislation represents an important step towards ensuring our economic stability.

I contend that if we have one, we have too many.

I think we have a duty to do this.

I am really concerned about these housing authorities that are running out of Section 8 money.

I have two things I would like to just mention before I ask the question that I prepared for you.

I think we must do what we can to make sure that we continue to separate the United States of America from many other places in the world where we just allow people to suffer in the streets of life when we can provide opportunities for…

I think it is exceedingly important that we maintain these 900,000 units.

I sincerely believe that there are some products... that could be banned, that could be stopped, that could be disallowed.

Our current regulatory framework inadequately protects consumers.