Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, made the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Trump v. Deutsche Bank, AG, on whether Congress has the authority to subpoena the President’s financial records. “Today, the Supreme Court reaffirmed that the President is not above the law. While I had hoped the Court’s decision t... Read more »
On June 29, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, and Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) sent a letter to Dr. Ben Carson, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, calling on the agency to reconsider publishing its proposed rule entitled, “Making Admission or Placement Determinations Based on Sex in Facilities Under Com... Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, made the following statement regarding the Supreme Court decision in Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. “This decision from the Supreme Court diminishes the independence of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Consumer Bureau) by allowing the President to fire its director w... Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, announced the following virtual hearings in the month of July: July 7 at 12:00 PM - The Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy will convene for a hearing entitled, “Paycheck Security: Economic Perspectives on Alternative Approaches to Protecting Workers’ Pay... Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), gave the following floor statement in support of H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act. The Moving Forward Act includes Chairwoman Waters’ legislation, H.R. 5187, the Housing Is Infrastructure Act. Thank you very much, Chairman DeFazio for your tremendous leadership and work on this legislation. Mister Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 2, the Moving Forw... Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, gave the following opening statement at a full Committee hearing entitled, “Oversight of the Treasury Department's and Federal Reserve's Pandemic Response.” Secretary Mnuchin, Chair Powell, welcome back. The pandemic continues to have a terrible impact. More than 126,000 people have lost their lives... Read more »
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives is considering the Moving Forward Act, an infrastructure package which includes the Housing Is Infrastructure Act, Chairwoman Waters’ legislation to invest over $100 billion in affordable housing infrastructure to create or preserve approximately 1.8 million affordable homes. The Housing Is Infrastructure Act would make the following investments: $70 billio... Read more »
Today, H.J. Res 90, a Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval to nullify the OCC’s harmful Community Reinvestment Act rule introduced by Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, and Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Chair of the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions, passed the U.S. House of Representatives. See b... Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, and Congressman Denny Heck (D-WA), released an op-ed on the need for emergency rental assistance during the pandemic crisis. See the full piece on Medium or below. America Needs Emergency Rental Assistance Now By Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, ... Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, gave the following floor statement regarding her bill, H.R. 7301, the Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in strong support of H.R. 7301, the Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020. This bill includes several provisions that were included i... Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, issued the following statement regarding the inclusion of her legislation, the Housing Is Infrastructure Act, in the Moving Forward Act, House Democrats’ infrastructure package which will soon be considered by the House. “I am very pleased that this very important piece of legislation, the Moving Fo... Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay (D-MO), Chair of the Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, and Congressman Juan Vargas (D-CA), sent a letter to Ben Carson, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and Mark Calabria, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), ca... Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, sent a letter to Jay Clayton, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), reiterating her call for the agency to halt rulemakings unrelated to the pandemic. “At the beginning of the crisis, I called on all of our financial regulators, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, t... Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, sent a letter to Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette regarding comments he made inappropriately comparing decisions by commercial banks not to finance drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to redlining. The letter also addresses Brouillette’s assertion that the Trump Administration is working... Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, and Congressman Al Green (D-TX), Chair of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, sent a letter to Rae Oliver Davis, Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), requesting an investigation into HUD’s decision to exclude Deferred Action for Childhood Ar... Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, announced the following addition to the June Committee calendar: June 30 at 12:30 PM: The full Committee will hold a hearing entitled, “Oversight of the Treasury Department’s and Federal Reserve’s Pandemic Response.” This hearing will convene in a “hybrid” format, which provides for remote Member pa... Read more »
Today, Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), and Small Business Committee Chairwoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) issued the following statement after the Department of Treasury (Treasury) and the Small Business Administration (SBA) announced they would disclose certain information regarding Paycheck Protection Program ... Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services announced the following updates to the June Committee schedule: NEW FORMAT: June 25 at 12:00 PM – The Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets hearing entitled, “Capital Markets and Emergency Lending in the COVID-19 Era,” will convene in a “hybrid” format, which prov... Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, made the following opening statement at today’s hearing, “Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy.” Chair Powell, the law that required the Federal Reserve Chair to testify before Congress twice each year was established in 1978. However, no Fed Chair has ever testified before this Committee wi... Read more »
On the heels of the Trump Administration’s decision not to release the names of companies that received funding through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, Congressman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, and Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Chairwoman of th... Read more »
Following the release of data on the number of American renters who were unable to pay rent for the month of June, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, and Congressman Denny Heck (D-WA) issued the following statement. “It is very clear that Congress must take immediate action to prevent an impending eviction crisis. Analysis released by Apart... Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, and Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Chair of the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions, introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution to reverse the harmful Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) rule recently finalized by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Chairwoma... Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, made the following statement regarding a letter that Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks sent to the National League of Cities, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and the National Association of Governors regarding efforts to combat COVID-19. “With this inappropriate letter pressuring city a... Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, issued the following statement regarding the Office of the Comptroller’s issuance of a final rule on interest rates on transferred loans: “It is shameful that on his first day on the job, new Acting Comptroller Brian Brooks is already following in Comptroller Otting’s footsteps in working to undermi... Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, made the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s and Small Business Administration’s (SBA) announcement that it is setting aside $10 billion in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds to be distributed by Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs). “I am very pleas... Read more »
