Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2023
Preceded by
Patrick McHenry
In office January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2019
Preceded by
Barney Frank
Succeeded by
Patrick McHenry
Chair of the House Financial Services Committee
In office January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023
Preceded by
Jeb Hensarling
Succeeded by
Patrick McHenry
Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus
In office January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999
Preceded by
Donald M. Payne
Succeeded by
Jim Clyburn
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 1991
Preceded by
Augustus Hawkins
Constituency
29th district (1991–1993) 35th district (1993–2013) 43rd district (2013–present)
Member of the California State Assembly from the 48th district
In office December 6, 1976 – November 30, 1990
Preceded by
Leon D. Ralph
Succeeded by
Marguerite Archie-Hudson
Personal details
Born
Maxine Moore Carr
(1938-08-15) August 15, 1938 (age 85) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouses
Edward Waters
(m. 1956; div. 1972)
Sid Williams
(m. 1977)
Children
2
Education
California State University, Los Angeles (BA)
Website
House website
Maxine Waters's voice
Maxine Waters on humanitarian aid to Mozambique after the 2000 flood Recorded March 14, 2000
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.[1] 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.[2]
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.[3][4]
Waters was included in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2018.[5]
^"Membership". Congressional Black Caucus. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
^Neukam, Stephen (January 10, 2023). "New Congress: Here's who's heading the various House Committees". The Hill. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
^Gstalter, Morgan (May 29, 2019). "Maxine Waters: Trump should resign and 'free us' from impeachment proceedings". The Hill. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
^Williams, Joseph Williams (October 20, 2011), " Obama learns perils of roiling Waters", Politico, October 20, 2011.
^"Maxine Waters: The World's 100 Most Influential People". Time. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
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