[Congressional Report on Wells Fargo Abuses]
This report is a result of a one-year Committee investigation into Wells Fargo’s compliance with five regulatory orders issued in response to the company’s widespread consumer abuses.
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Congresswoman Maxine Waters
CALIFORNIA CONGRESSWOMAN WATERS TO CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU DIRECTOR: “AMERICA NEEDS BETTER FROM YOU”
[Consumer Protection]
Congresswoman Maxine Waters: “Since your confirmation as Consumer Bureau Director, you have undertaken a series of actions that have undermined the Consumer Bureau’s mission to protect consumers.”
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CALIFORNIA CONGRESSWOMAN WATERS SLAMS WALL STREET’S DEREGULATION ATTACKS ON “VOLCKER RULE”
[Wall Street Corruption\Rep. Maxine Waters]
Rep. Waters: “At a time when prudential regulators should be working to uphold consumer protections, we continue to see a series of deregulatory actions by Trump appointees that benefit Wall Street at the expense of Main Street.”
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CALIFORNIA CONGRESSWOMAN WATERS CONTINUES FIGHT AGAINST HUD’S FAIR HOUSING ATTACKS AMID HOUSING DISCRIMINATION INCREASES
[Housing Discrimination\HUD]
Congresswoman Maxine Waters: “Last year, our nation experienced an 8 percent uptick in reported complaints of housing discrimination, increasing from 28,843 in 2017 to 31,202 in 2018—the highest annual number ever recorded by the National Fair Housing Alliance.”
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KOMOKODA GROUP WILL PROTEST AT U.N. AGAINST HAITIAN PRESIDENT MOISE AND WESTERN IMPERIALISM IN HAITI
[Haiti News\U.N. Protest]
Thursday’s protest is organized by the Committee to Mobilize Against Dictatorship in Haiti (KOMOKODA)–and will start at 3:pm at the US Mission to the United Nations 799 UN Plaza at 45th Street & 1st Avenue in Manhattan.
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CALIFORNIA CONGRESSWOMAN WATERS TO HAITIAN PRESIDENT MOISE: TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR POLITICAL CHAOS IN COUNTRY
[Caribbean\Haiti]
Congresswoman Waters: “I am deeply concerned that one year after the massacre, the state officials implicated in the Lasalin killings remain at liberty…Unfortunately, the U.S. State Department continues to support the current government of Haiti without regard to either official corruption or human rights violations.
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CALIFORNIA CONGRESSWOMAN WALTERS MEMORIALIZES HAITI’S LASALIN MASSACRE AMID CURRENT VIOLENCE BY “GOVERNMENT-CONNECTED GANGS”
[Caribbean News\Haiti]
Congresswoman Maxine Waters: “As a longtime friend of Haiti, I am deeply concerned that one year after the massacre, the state officials implicated in the Lasalin killings remain at liberty…Early reports suggest that the recent killing of at least 15 people in the Bel-Air neighborhood between November 4-7, 2019, may have been carried out by the very same gang leaders implicated in the Lasalin massacre. ”
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CONGRESS HOLDS ROUNDTABLE WITH CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES ON PROBLEMS OF “DE-RISKING” BY GLOBAL BANKS
[International Banking\Caribbean]
Senior Bankers from six major U.S. Banks and U.S. Congresspersons gathered with a delegation representing CARICOM at Capitol Hill in Washington, under the Chairmanship of Congresswoman Waters…U.S. legislators expressed alarm at the effect on the Caribbean of de-risking and the loss of CBRs from U.S. banks as well as the effect on U.S. national security if the situation worsens.
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CALIFORNIA CONGRESSWOMAN WALTERS INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS “HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS”
[Housing News\Housing Affordability]
Congresswoman Maxine Waters: “We are in the midst of a housing affordability crisis across the country, caused in part by the lack of affordable and available rental units, rising rents, gentrification, and dilapidated public housing…Studies have shown that neglecting our housing infrastructure will only hurt our economy, so I urge my colleagues to support this legislation to make the necessary investments in rural, suburban and urban housing markets, and ensure all future conversations around infrastructure investments include affordable housing.”
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CALIFORNIA SENATOR HARRIS INTRODUCES LEGISLATION AFFIRMING 1866 CIVIL RIGHTS LAW AS SUPREME COURT COMCAST CASE CONTINUES
[Supreme Court News\Comcast Case v. NAAOM]
Senator Harris: “Just one year after the end of the Civil War, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to remove barriers to contracting and Black economic advancement.“It ensured that newly freed slaves enjoyed the same rights as other citizens. This case threatens to limit the effectiveness of our oldest civil rights law and could prevent countless victims– particularly Black people and people of color– from pursuing claims of race discrimination in our courts.
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