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Congresswoman Waters Urges Senate Leaders to Support Alzheimer’s Patients
Sep 21, 2012 - Yesterday, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) sent a bipartisan letter to Senator Harry Reid, the Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate, urging him to bring H.R. 2800, the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization Act, to a vote before the full Senate this year. H.R. 2800 was in... More

House Passes Congresswoman Waters' Bill to Locate Missing Alzheimer's Patients
Sep 11, 2012 - Today, on Capitol Hill, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2800, a bill introduced by Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) to reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program. H.R. 2800 passed the House without opposition on a voice vote and now awaits consideration in the ... More

House Judiciary Committee Passes Congresswoman Waters' Legislation to Locate Missing Alzheimer's Patients
Aug 1, 2012 - Today, on Capitol Hill, the House Judiciary Committee passed H.R. 2800, a bill introduced by Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) to reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program. H.R. 2800 passed the Committee without opposition on a voice vote and now awaits consideration on the ... More

Congresswoman Maxine Waters Applauds President Obama’s Executive Order on Improving Educational Outcomes for African Americans
Jul 26, 2012 - Today, President Obama signed an executive order creating the White House Initiative on Improving Education Outcomes for African Americans. Congresswoman Waters’ statement regarding the signing of this executive order is below: “I am pleased that President Obama has signed an executive order focused... More

Congresswoman Waters Offers Amendment to Restore $500 Million for Transportation Infrastructure Jobs;
Jun 27, 2012 - Washington – Last night on Capitol Hill, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) offered an amendment to the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill for fiscal year (FY) 2013, which would have restored $500 million for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Rec... More

Congresswoman Waters Introduces the TIGER Grants for Job Creation Act
Jun 20, 2012 - Today on Capitol Hill, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) introduced the TIGER Grants for Job Creation Act. This bill will provide an emergency supplemental appropriation of one billion dollars over the next two years for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program, wh... More

Congresswoman Waters Announces Support for the Routine HIV Screening Coverage Act and the Minority AIDS Initiative
May 3, 2012 - Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), a Congressional leader in the fight to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS in the United States and around the world through increased awareness, screening, research, treatment, and funding, announced progress on two of her HIV/AIDS initiatives in the 112th Congress. Co... More

CONGRESSWOMAN WATERS SEEKS FUNDING TO LOCATE MISSING ALZHEIMER’S PATIENTS; WELCOMES ADVOCATES TO WASHINGTON
Apr 24, 2012 - Today, on Capitol Hill, Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-35), a congressional leader on Alzheimer’s issues, welcomed members of the Alzheimer’s Association to Washington, DC, and reiterated her strong support for programs to assist Americans affected by Alzheimer’s disease. The advocates came to Washington fr... More

The AIDS Institute Praises Rep. Maxine Waters' Introduction of "The Routine HIV Screening Coverage Act”
Apr 23, 2012 - Washington DC - The AIDS Institute applauds Rep. Maxine Waters’ (D-CA) for introducing the “Routine HIV Screening Coverage Act of 2012” (HR 4470), a bill that would require all individual, group, and federal employee health insurance plans to cover routine opt-out HIV testing. While the Affordable C... More

Congresswoman Maxine Waters Champions Veterans Mental Health
Mar 29, 2012 - Congresswoman Waters joined Congressman Russ Carnahan (D-MO) and other members in introducing legislation today to protect veterans’ rights to mental healthcare treatment and services. The “Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act” is also supported by the AMVETS service organization. The Veterans M... More

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