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  • Congresswoman Maxine Waters Mourns the Loss of Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto
    Dec 28, 2007 - On Thursday, December 27, 2007, former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in a suicide attack that also killed at least 20 others during a political rally of the Pakistan Peoples Party in the town of Rawalpindi. The assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was mo... More
  • The Omnibus Spending Bill
    Dec 19, 2007 - Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]: Mr. Speaker and Members, I would like to commend those who have worked so hard for so long to try and right the wrong of our occupation in Iraq. I would like to thank the leadership for all the attempts that they have made to try and engage people on the opposite side of t... More
  • Public Housing in New Orleans
    Dec 18, 2007 - Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]: Madam Speaker and Members, I rise this evening to basically talk about what is happening in New Orleans and the fact that the city council is going to take a vote on Thursday to determine whether or not they're going to dismantle the big four public housing developments in... More
  • Tribute to the Late Congresswoman Julia Carson
    Dec 18, 2007 - Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]: Madam Speaker, I'd like to thank the congresswoman from Ohio for initiating this memorial moment in the Congress of the United States for Julia Carson. This is a very special and important time because we're here this evening to talk about a woman that we truly loved and a... More
  • Opposing view: Bring the troops home
    Dec 13, 2007 - 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 ... More
  • Congresswoman Waters and 21 Other Members of Congress Urge IMF to Cancel Liberia's Debts
    Nov 16, 2007 - Today, Rep. Maxine Waters (D‑CA) sent a letter to Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), urging him to use his influence to ensure that Liberia receives debt relief as soon as possible. The letter was signed by 22 members of the House of Representativ... More
  • Congresswoman Waters Calls for Poor Country Debt Cancellation at a Hearing on Her Legislation
    Nov 8, 2007 - Today, the House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing on H.R. 2634, the Jubilee Act, which was introduced by Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-35). The Jubilee Act is cosponsored by 86 Members of Congress and supported by the Jubilee USA Network, along with over 60 development, religious, environment... More
  • War in Iraq
    Nov 5, 2007 - Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]: Mr. Speaker, a couple of weeks ago, Thomas Friedman wrote an op ed in the New York Times titled, "Remember Iraq." In the article, Mr. Friedman laments that in the last couple of months "the air has gone out of the Iraq debate." Mr. Friedman, unfortunately, seems to be corr... More
  • Congresswoman Waters Demands Transparency for Oil, Gas, and Mining Companies Operating in Resource-Rich Developing Countries
    Oct 25, 2007 - Today, at a hearing in the House Committee on Financial Services entitled, “Transparency of Extractive Industries: High Stakes for Resource-Rich Countries, Citizens and International Business,” Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-35) demanded that oil, gas, and mining companies report all of the revenues they pa... More
  • Hearing: “Transparency of Extractive Industries: High Stakes forResource-Rich Countries, Citizens and International Business
    Oct 25, 2007 - Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]: I would like to thank Chairman Barney Frank and Ranking Member Spencer Bachus for organizing this hearing on the impact of extractive industries on development in resource-rich developing countries. The Resource Curse Throughout my career, I have taken an active interest i... More

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