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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.
My colleague, Mr. Dixon and I, rise today to pay tribute to the Honorable Barbara M. Boudreaux, a dedicated public servant who is ending her service today as a member and Vice President of the Board of Education for the Los Angeles Unified…
Mr. Speaker, I will not yield because this is a shame, and I want the press to get this scandal about to happen. I want them to know what you are doing. As a matter of fact, this is the kind of legislating the American public hates, sneak…
I stand here today proud of my colleagues. ... we will do everything that is possible to make this Nation what it could be and what it should be.
He had to sign the check within four hours. And a memorandum went from USDA to the Justice Department that talked about all of the ways they could deny the check. In the final analysis, they found the good old statute of limitations and…
The memorandum discussed a way by which they could deny the check that had already been cut, and they did it within 24 hours. See, the reason the gentleman got his 1099 from the IRS was because the check was cut, and the form went over to…
And while they were able to do some compensation, they sidestepped the issue of the statute of limitations.
And if the truth be told, he has not been fully compensated even though he has some compensation, is that correct?
We were just describing this unbelievable situation where the farmers had filed the complaint, there was no Civil Rights Division, the complaints went into a cardboard box. Now they are being told by the Justice Department, sorry, they…
I think that is what the Nation needs to understand. Ronald Reagan dismantled the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Agriculture. So when an innocent farmer who had been discriminated against was aggrieved, went to…
It is so absolutely typical of what has been happening, and it spells out, in no uncertain terms, the trauma and the harm that has been fostered on many of our farmers who have attempted to get some justice at the United States Department…
Mr. Thompson, as I understand it, many of these farmers who have lost their land, lost their homes, who have been trying to file complaints with the U.S. Department of Agriculture thought that this year that there was a break, that there…
Mr. Thompson, are you referring to what is known as the crack report labeled Civil Rights at the United States Department of Agriculture, where there is documented discrimination of the documented filing of claims that went unaddressed…
H.R. 1428 is unAmerican. It is unfair. It is an outrageous attempt to deny immigrants democracy. H.R. 1428 is quite simply a frontal assault on our Nation's essential voting rights. The bill would seriously undermine the Federal laws…
I rise today to join with all my colleagues in celebrating this Black History Month. Each year during the month of February we consciously take time to acknowledge and celebrate the history and accomplishments of African Americans in this…
I want my friends out there in America, however, to know how I feel about Ron Dellums. Ron Dellums is my friend, he is my colleague, and he is a man that I have admired for many, many years. I do not know exactly when I first came to know…
My intent is not to defeat the legislation. My intent is to surface this problem that I have run into in California. Even if they are not receiving Federal assistance, I do not know if they are or not, you can perhaps not have this…
I would ask the gentleman how much his school district spends on its children in his district per student.
Let me make it absolutely clear that if the President of the United States wrote to the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Callahan], called, and insisted on funding the School of the Americas, then I am opposed to the President and the President…
I am absolutely surprised and appalled at the energy that they are expending to defend the School of the Americas. I do not know why those who posture themselves as law-and-order policymakers, I do not know why anybody who gets up time and…
We place full trust and confidence in our ranking member and then, across the aisle, this chairman that has demonstrated on more than one occasion not only his willingness to work out problems but certainly his expertise and his leadership…
The general points that my colleagues have made are the outline of some kind of agreement that appears acceptable to all of us. My colleague's suggestion about the prompt involvement of Treasury is something I do not know how to frame in…
The agreement that was just discussed by the gentleman from New York [Mr. Flake] that will take us into conference in the way that the Committee on Appropriations had designed with 125, with language that would define the way in which it…
This is not the time to clamp down, to deny funds. When we talk about we want to help small businesses and we believe in this program and the fact that we should have community development in distressed communities, it does not make good…
Could the gentleman be a little bit clearer about what it is he is committing to? The gentleman said he would attend to it. Could the gentleman tell me how he can satisfy the concerns that I have raised, and I am not being facetious at…
And also would the gentleman add to this discussion whether or not the former drug czar who worked with the CIA is going to be extradited for this case? Is there an extradition problem?
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