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Congresswoman Waters Responds to Accusations of Prosecutorial Misconduct
Dec 1, 2010
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Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) issued the following statement after learning that the House Ethics Committee has placed Cindy Morgan Kim – the Committee’s deputy chief counsel and its lead attorney on the case involving Congresswoman Waters – and Stacy Sovereign, a Committee attorney who assiste...
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Congresswoman Waters Calls on Ethics Committee to Schedule Hearing Immediately, Stop Making Excuses
Nov 29, 2010
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Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) delivered the following statement outside the House Administration Committee room today, where her ethics hearing originally scheduled for today was supposed to take place.
“Good morning and thank you for being here.
As you know, my hearing was scheduled for t...
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Associated Press: Waters ethics case: No link yet to alleged confict
Nov 26, 2010
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by Larry Margasak
A recently discovered e-mail, which forced postponement of Rep. Maxine Waters' ethics trial, appears to bring the House ethics committee no closer to proving she tried to obtain a U.S. bailout — during the financial crisis — for a bank where her husband owns stock.
Waters, a Cali...
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Weak Case against Waters Unravels as Ethics Committee Delays Hearing
Nov 19, 2010
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Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) released the following statement in response to the announcement today by the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct that it has cancelled the adjudicatory hearing the Committee had scheduled for Monday, November 29th:
“I am disappointed that the Committ...
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In Remembrance of Jule Sugarman, Founder of Head Start
Nov 16, 2010
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Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) entered the following statement into the Congressional Record in remembrance of Jule Sugarman, the founder of the Head Start program. Congresswoman Waters was an assistant teacher and volunteer coordinator with Head Start in Los Angeles:
“MADAM Speaker, I rise t...
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Congresswoman Waters Recognized for Assisting Breast Cancer Survivors
Nov 12, 2010
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Congresswoman Maxine Waters’ (D-CA) advocacy on health care issues, and her willingness to challenge the health insurance companies, started over thirty years ago.
In 1978, as a young California Assemblywoman – she was first elected in 1976 – Waters fought insurance companies when she introduced ...
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Los Angeles Independent: LA Residents Walk to End Alzheimer's
Nov 11, 2010
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More than 3,000 residents from across Los Angeles County came together for the 18th annual Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk® to raise awareness and funds to fight Alzheimer’s disease.
Families and friends walked side by side with teams from community groups, businesses, schools, assisted living...
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Congresswoman Waters Kicks Off Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month at Memory Walk LA
Nov 10, 2010
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Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), a Congressional advocate for Alzheimer’s patients, families and caregivers, participated in the Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk LA event on Sunday, November 7th to highlight the need for increased research, education and funding to fight the disease.
She deli...
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Statement of Congresswoman Waters on the Killing of Aaron Shannon Jr., 5 Year Old Boy
Nov 2, 2010
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Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-35) issued the following statement regarding the murder of Aaron Shannon Jr., who was shot on Sunday afternoon in South Los Angeles while dressed in his Spider-Man costume for Halloween and preparing to go trick-or-treating:
“I am devastated by the senseless killing...
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Sen. Jenny Oropeza dies at 53
Oct 22, 2010
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by Eric Bradley
South Bay state Sen. Jenny Oropeza, who seemed set to win a second and final term next month but had been battling a painful abdominal blood clot, died Wednesday. She was 53.
Oropeza, whose district includes Torrance, Carson, El Segundo, Lomita, Westchester, the beach cities and t...
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