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Urge Senators to Support Flood Insurance Bill
Aug 3, 2010
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Congresswoman Waters wrote the following letter to the editor on her legislation to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program. This letter was published in the Visalia Times Delta:
From your coverage of the flood-insurance bill that I introduced and Congress passed ["Visalia City Councilme...
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My Provision Does Not Politicize the Federal Reserve
Jun 18, 2010
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Congresswoman Waters authored the following letter to the editor in response to a Wall Street Journal editorial that criticized a provision she authored in the Wall Street reform and consumer protection bill:
The Journal editorial "Politicizing the Fed" (June 14) is filled with misrepresentations...
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Bill Prevents Predatory Practices
May 12, 2010
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By Rep. Maxine Waters
Special to Roll Call
The people who live and work in the 35th Congressional district of California are thousands of miles from the financial district of New York City. Many of my constituents are working-class and middle-class blacks and Latinos, certainly not Wall Street mo...
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Consumer protection agency must be independent
Mar 24, 2010
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Congresswoman Waters wrote the following op-ed that appeared in a special Regulatory Reform edition of The Hill:
The financial crisis that erupted in 2008 damaged our entire economy, eliminated trillions of dollars of wealth for America’s families, harmed businesses, led to higher unemployment an...
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Waters: One agency, two goals
Sep 24, 2009
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Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) wrote the following opinion editorial for The Hill newspaper's special section on Finance:
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President Barack Obama went to Wall Street earlier this month to talk about the need to reform the regulation of the nation’s financial system to prevent a future c...
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Waters: Moving Forward with Meaningful Health Care Reform
Sep 10, 2009
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Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) today posted the following opinion piece on the Huffington Post regarding health care reform:
The President hit a home run last night.
President Obama said exactly what proponents of meaningful health care reform -- including myself -- needed, expected, and...
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Waters: Consumer protection in financial products
Jul 27, 2009
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Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) wrote the following opinion editorial for The Hill newspaper:
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Consumer protection in financial products
By Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.)
Consumers need protection from risky, confusing financial products
In response to the serious crisis in our...
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This Housing Bill Doesn't Need Fixing Up
Jul 23, 2008
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I was glad to see The Post's editorialists focus on a vital element of the housing rescue package that is scheduled to come to the House floor today: desperately needed assistance to state and local governments to stabilize neighborhoods devastated by foreclosures. ["Congress's Fixer-Upper," editori...
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Opposing view: Bring the troops home
Dec 13, 2007
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The fatal flaw in President Bush's "surge strategy" is that his militaristic policy in Iraq has minimized American influence and destabilized the entire region.
He has turned the Middle East into a ticking time bomb. Rather than defusing the situation with a diplomatic surge, Bush's answer, true to...
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The Iraq Non-Debate
Jun 15, 2006
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For months, the 72-member "Out Of Iraq" congressional caucus , which I chair, has called for a full and honest debate on the Bush administration's decision to invade Iraq. Members of our coalition have long pushed for a legitimate opportunity to debate the administration’s misleading and inaccurate ...
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