House Committee on Financial Services - Democrats

Ranking Member @RepMaxineWaters' statement on the bipartisan agreement with Chairman Hill to pass an improved version of the ‘21st Century ROAD to Housing Act’—a major legislative package aimed at addressing the nationwide housing supply shortage and affordability crisis. 🔗: tinyurl.com/59jvn6t7

Ranking Member @RepMaxineWaters does not hold back on telling @TMZ what she thinks of Trump’s lies, crypto corruption, and betrayal of working families under his failed economic agenda. WATCH 📺 :

BREAKING❗ Ranking Member @RepMaxineWaters announces House Democratic bills to strengthen consumer protection, commends @SenWarren and Senate Democrats for forcing Senate debate. READ 🔗: tinyurl.com/mz33eree

Today, in Financial Services Committee, I made it clear: our job in Congress is to fight for job creation, affordability, and housing for all Americans. We have a responsibility to our constituents - and I'm holding my Republican colleagues accountable.

WATCH: Ranking Member @RepMaxineWaters' opening remarks at today's full committee markup: "...None of the bills today will help Americans struggling under Trump’s failed economic policies. None will lower costs, nor protect consumers or help workers." 🔗: tinyurl.com/y8xadhew

The Federal Reserve does not answer to Donald Trump. The felon in the White House may not agree with Jerome Powell, but he cannot weaponize the Department of Justice to intimidate the Fed. This is dangerous, unacceptable, and a threat to the independence of our economic institutions. @USHouseFSC @HouseDemocrats

WATCH: Ranking Member @RepMaxineWaters speaks in support of H.R. 4437, the “Supervisory Modifications for Appropriate Risk-based Testing Act of 2025”: "If Members want to do something meaningful to help our community banks & credit unions, then I urge you to support this bill."

Happening NOW❗️ Ranking Member @RepMaxineWaters leads Democrats as the full Committee convenes to markup #HR2152; #HR2978; #HR4801; #HR5396; #HR8278; and #HR8671. #TuneIn 💻: youtube.com/watch?v=Go_nXK…

WATCH: Ranking Member @RepMaxineWaters speaks in support of the "Save Our Shrimpers Act": "Communities in places like Louisiana, Texas, Florida, and Georgia have deep, historic connections to the shrimping industry. They have raised concerns that foreign shrimping projects funded by international financial institutions (IFI) are helping to dramatically increase the farmed shrimp supply, causing a glut that is driving down the price of shrimp and harming American business." 📺:

Ranking Member @RepMaxineWaters' statement on the CFPB's rollback of the small business lending data rule. 🔗: tinyurl.com/2xtp52dc

ICYMI: Last week, Ranking Member @RepMaxineWaters met with @neighborworks America and hundreds of housing advocates from across the country to discuss the state of the housing crisis. She reaffirmed that Committee Democrats are fighting to expand affordable housing, strengthen communities, and deliver real relief for families.

"Trump, who promised a so called golden age, is making the housing crisis worse and leaving families behind with his terrible policies. Democrats are fighting back with a New Affordability Agenda to bring costs down and put people first." @RepMaxineWaters

WATCH: Ranking Member @RepMaxineWaters on her contribution to @USProgressives' New Affordability Agenda: "I am pushing to go bigger, with roughly $1 trillion in housing investments in this bill to finally close this housing gap and get America building again."

Trump promised a “golden age,” but his policies are only making the housing crisis worse. Democrats are fighting back with @USProgressives' "New Affordability Agenda," which includes legislation by Ranking Member @RepMaxineWaters, that puts families first by making housing more affordable. Watch the announcement: youtube.com/live/HqVzJdKUW…

Today, Ranking Members @RepMaxineWaters and @SenWarren sent a letter to Michelle Bowman, Vice Chair for Supervision of the @federalreserve, urging the Fed to immediately rescind its dangerous stress testing proposals and do a complete overhaul of its internal stress testing models in advance of the 2027 stress tests. READ: tinyurl.com/cjwttzpe

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Today at 12:30pm ET Ranking Member @RepMaxineWaters joins @USProgressives in the announcing of the New Affordability Agenda. A plan offering solutions that tackle the cost of living crisis facing working Americans, like making housing more affordable. WATCH: youtube.com/live/HqVzJdKUW…

WATCH 📺: Task Force Ranking Member @RepJuanVargas' opening remarks at today's Task Force hearing: “No discussion of Treasury market resilience is complete without addressing the importance of an independent central bank... Central Bank independence is not a partisan issue - it is a cornerstone of market confidence ,and we must protect it. ”

Happening Now - Task Force Ranking Member @RepJuanVargas leads Democrats as the Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity holds a hearing entitled “Examining Derivatives’ Role in the Treasury Market” WATCH📺: tinyurl.com/d3edhy3u