Maxine Waters

Most of us believe that, when these radio stations play this music, that there are people that still go out and buy records.

Let me also say, to Mr. Newberry, I think you have made an excellent case here today, but none of us, I think, believe that performance artists don't deserve to be paid.

No bill is a perfect bill and rarely is a bill enacted exactly as it is introduced. But H.R. 848 provides us with a good starting point.

But in modernizing the statutes, I'm determined that we do not do so in a way that diminishes the voice of minority broadcasters.

There is no doubt that the Committee must step up to the plate and update the copyright laws to reflect the fact that musical performances are shared today in ways that were never envisioned when the copyright laws were last updated.

Today's hearing on the Performance Rights Act of 2009, H.R. 848, is an important first step in finally addressing an issue that has remained unsolved for a number of years.

How do you determine whether or not this money has been effective?

Yes, I just want to know, how much do you have authority to deal with? Where does it come from?

Let me thank Mr. Bernanke for being here today.

So you are about to introduce a lot more money under the TALF, is that right?

So how much interest have you received since September and October?

I think it is important for us to understand why you paid yourself fees on the money that we gave you.

I would like to thank Wells Fargo for the response that you gave me when I brought to your attention how poor your loan modification work is under your servicing company.

I have been through the red-lining fights. I have been on the fights of discriminatory practices over the years and a lack of business lending and available capital to small and minority businesses.

Let me just say to our captains of the universe who are sitting here before us that it seems that, all of my political life, I have been in disagreement with the banking and mostly financial services community because of practices that I…

The taxpayers of America are very, very upset about the fact that they allowed the banks to borrow their money.

I support loan modifications and bankruptcy, period. Period.

I implement or help to facilitate loan modifications for my constituents, against the advice of the Ethics Committee.

Mr. Mozilo basically tried to have people believe that he was only helping these poor people and these minorities get into a home. That is not to be believed.

Thank you very much, I am so pleased and proud to have been joined by my colleagues here this evening to sound the alarm. Let me say that again, we are sounding the alarm. We are opening up the debate. We are raising the questions. We are…

This particular legislation takes us back 25 years after AIDS was discovered; the AIDS virus continues to spread. About 1.7 million Americans have been infected by HIV since the beginning of the epidemic, and there are 1.2 million…

I just rise in strong opposition to this amendment for the simple reason that H.R. 1852 is a better bill than the FHA reform bill that passed the House last year. And I could go on and on and on talking about why this is a much better…

This bill is about stabilizing families who have been displaced because of a natural disaster. These are people who are trying to return home. The people that he is referring to are people who come from various walks of life. Some of them…

No, I am not aware of that, Congresswoman. What I do know is this: We have up to $150,000 in subsidy for homeowners to rebuild their homes. Some qualify for the entire amount, others qualify for different amounts based on whether or not…

If I may, if you will yield, I need to make one additional comment that I was just reminded of, that if they do not return to New Orleans, there is a penalty. That is designed to rebuild the neighborhoods and get people coming back. But…