The “Ozie Gonzaque Celebration of 99 Years of Life, Impact, and Service” was filled with music, love, family, friends, and colleagues from all over the country on Sunday June 9.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, issued the following statement on the passing of Archbishop Carl Bean.
“Archbishop Carl Bean was not only a talented artist, devoted religious leader, and community organizer; he was my dear friend and an outstanding person. He was someone who worked every single day to make this world a better place. His role in awakening America to the AIDS pandemic cannot be overlooked or overstated.
Rep. Maxine Waters said today she will formally request U.S. Attorney General William Barr investigate the killing of 18-year-old Andres Guardado by a sheriff’s deputy near Gardena as a civil rights violation.
“Enough is enough,” Waters said in the announcement, a day after multiple sheriff’s department officials declined to answer questions during the Los Angeles County coroner’s office inquest into Guardado’s death. The officials cited advice from attorneys.
In the interim emergency relief package that was recently signed into law and replenished the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) with $310 billion, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), chair of the House Financial Services Committee, led the fight to target $60 billion of those funds towards small, minority, and women-owned businesses. The bill, which is known as the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (H.R. 266), also provides $50 billion for Small Business Administration disaster funding, translating into more than $350 billion in small business loans and $10 billion in emergency disaster grants.
Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-43) and the women Members of the 116th Congress. (Courtesy Photo) Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) issued a statement on the passage of H.J.Res.79, a resolution to remove the deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA): “This week marked a historic moment for women all across America. The House passed a vital piece of legislation that gets us one step closer in our century-long struggle for equality: the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. “First introduced in 1923, the text of the Equal Rights Amendment is simple: ‘equality of
NBC’s Wilfred Frost talks with Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), the chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, about big bank CEOs’ testimony on Capitol Hill.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, released a statement regarding protests at her district office.
The KJLH Stage displayed the talents of the KJLH Gospel Choir, Raheem DeVaughn, Lalah Hathaway, Eric Bellinger, DJ Kid Capri, Yuna and Major among others.
One of the most pro-active anti-Trump members of Congress Maxine Waters holds Town Hall at the California African American Museum.