Honorable Maxine Waters
United States Representative, California, Democrat
Representative Waters, of the Thirty-Fifth District of California, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1990. She served in the California Assembly from 1976 to 1990. She is a member of the Financial Services Committee, where she chairs the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, and the Judiciary Committee. The following is from the October 10, 2007, House floor debate on H.R. 2895, the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act.The Chair of the Financial Services Committee, Chairman Frank, who just spoke, is absolutely correct. This is a very exciting day, a day that so many housing advocates…
