Maxine Moore Waters (née Carr; born August 15, 1938) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 43rd congressional district since 1991. The district, numbered as the 29th district from 1991 to 1993 and as the 35th district from 1993 to 2013, includes much of southern Los Angeles, as well as portions of Gardena, Inglewood and Torrance.
A member of the Democratic Party, Waters is in her 17th House term. She is the most senior of the 13 black women serving in Congress, and chaired the Congressional Black Caucus from 1997 to 1999. She is the second-most senior member of the California congressional delegation, after Nancy Pelosi. She chaired the House Financial Services Committee from 2019 to 2023 and has been the ranking member since 2023.Before becoming a U.S. representative, Waters served seven terms in the California State Assembly, to which she was first elected in 1976. As an assemblywoman, she advocated divestment from South Africa's apartheid regime. In Congress, she was an outspoken opponent of the Iraq War and has sharply criticized Presidents George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump.Waters was included in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2018.
She’s awful? She’s always mad and complaining about everything. The only time I ever saw her a smile on her face was when she was on stage with Barack Obama and he kissed her on the cheek. My goodness… she squirmed and giggled like a little school girl. ( The first time I saw a smile on her face. Most of the time she’s just “mad”. What concerns me most about her and other black representatives in Congress and Legislature is that they receive 100 percent of the black vote then they get into office and turn on the their… Read more »
She prioritizes illegals over her own people because she is a politician. She thinks she has her people in the bag, so prioritizes getting new votes. She may be outsmarting herself as all the Mexicans in her district are displacing her people and in the end will vote for their own.
This traitor should lose her seat!
She’s awful? She’s always mad and complaining about everything. The only time I ever saw her a smile on her face was when she was on stage with Barack Obama and he kissed her on the cheek. My goodness… she squirmed and giggled like a little school girl. ( The first time I saw a smile on her face. Most of the time she’s just “mad”. What concerns me most about her and other black representatives in Congress and Legislature is that they receive 100 percent of the black vote then they get into office and turn on the their… Read more »
She prioritizes illegals over her own people because she is a politician. She thinks she has her people in the bag, so prioritizes getting new votes. She may be outsmarting herself as all the Mexicans in her district are displacing her people and in the end will vote for their own.