Floor Statements
  • United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act
    Oct 13, 2011 - Below is Congresswoman Maxine Waters' statement on the House floor regarding the Colombian Free Trade Agreement: Mr. LEVIN. I yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady from California, Maxine Waters. Ms. WATERS. I thank my friend from Michigan, Congressman Sander Levin, for the time. I rise to oppose this s... More
  • Congresswoman Maxine Waters Speaks Out Against H.R. 2218
    Sep 8, 2011 - Congresswoman Maxine Waters submitted the statement below to the Congressional Record opposing the Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act (H.R. 2218). I rise today in strong opposition to H.R. 2218, the Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act. Although this bill includ... More
  • Congresswoman Maxine Waters Speaks Out Against "Budget Control Act,” or 2011 Debt Ceiling Deal
    Aug 1, 2011 - Congresswoman Maxine Waters went to the House floor to speak against the "Budget Control Act" or 2011 Debt Ceiling Deal. Her remarks are below: Mr. Speaker, I must congratulate the Tea Party for extorting the deal made in their image, and their image alone. The cuts will be deep, they will be lastin... More
  • Congresswoman Maxine Waters Speaks Out in Congress on Drought in the Horn of Africa
    Jul 28, 2011 - Today on the House floor, Congresswoman Maxine Waters spoke out about the drought currently going on in the horn of Africa. Her thoughts on the current drought is below: I rise to address the House for five minutes. The people of the Horn of Africa are facing a devastating crisis. A severe drought h... More
  • Congresswoman Waters Speaks on the Anti-Environmental Riders within H.R. 2584, Interior & Environment Appropriations for FY 2012
    Jul 28, 2011 - Congresswoman Maxine Waters spoke out against the many anti-environmental provisions that are within the Interior & Environment Appropriations for FY 2012 (H.R. 2584). Her statement is below: I rise to oppose the underlying bill and the numerous extreme, anti-environmental riders included therein. M... More
  • Congresswoman Waters on the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011
    Jul 12, 2011 - On July 12, 2011, the House of Representatives passed HR 1309, the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011 by a vote of 406-22. Congresswoman Maxine Waters, an original co-sponsor of the bill and the leading advocate for flood insurance reform in the House, worked closely with Chairwoman Judy Biggert to ... More
  • Congresswoman Waters Opposes Republican Cuts to WIC, Nutrition Programs
    Jun 15, 2011 - Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) joined more than 35 of her Democratic colleagues last night who spoke or submitted statements in the Congressional Record opposing Republican cuts to the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) nutrition program and other critical nutrition programs serving low-inco... More
  • In Defense of SEC Funding
    Feb 10, 2011 - Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, led her Democratic colleagues on the full Committee in defense of funding for the Securities and Exchange Commission. She delivered the following rem... More
  • H.R. 2, the Patient’s Rights Repeal Act
    Jan 18, 2011 - Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) entered the following statement into the Congressional Record today during floor debate on the Republican legislation to repeal health care reform. "Thank you Mr. Speaker, and I thank the Judiciary Committee’s Ranking Member, my friend Mr. Conyers, for yielding... More
  • Remarks During House Resolution Debate on Arizona Shootings
    Jan 12, 2011 - Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) placed the following statement into the Congressional Record today, as the House debated a resolution “expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the tragic shooting in Tucson, Arizona, on January 8, 2011,” which claimed the lives of 6 peo... More

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