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Maxine Waters' Public Statements on Issue: Unemployed and Low-Income

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On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (CA) - District 43

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02/09/2021 Letter to Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, Honorable Chuck Schumer, Majority Leader, Honorable Mitch McConnell, Minority Leader, and Honorable Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader - Blunt Rochester, Jayapal Lead Over 100 Colleagues in Calling on Congressional Leadership Not to Strip Survival Checks from Millions of Americans
10/21/2019 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture - Re: Newest Administration Proposal to Cut SNAP Benefits
07/26/2019 Letter to Rep. Nita Lowey, Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, Rep. Kay Granger, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, Rep. David E. Price, Chair of the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, and Rep. Mario Diaz-Balar, Ranking Member of the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee - Waters Calls on Appropriators to Address the Nation's Homelessness Crisis
01/30/2019 Letter to Dominique Blom - Waters Opposes HUD's Efforts to Take Over New York's Largest Public Housing Authority
01/18/2019 Letter to the Hon. Ben Carson, HUD - Waters Calls Out Carson for Failing to Protect Critical Housing Programs During Trump Shutdown
08/30/2018 Letter to the Hon. Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, the Hon. Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member, the Hon. Michael Conaway, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, and the Hon. Collin Peterson - House Dems Oppose Restricting Access to SNAP
09/25/2017 Letter to the Hon. R. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor - Request for Information, Overtime Protections for Working Families
04/06/2017 Letter to the Hon. Tom Cole, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Relation Agencies, and the Hon. Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies - Bipartisan Support for Full Funding of Heating Assistance Program that Trump Budget Would Eliminate
04/04/2017 Letter to the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, the Hon. Nita Lowey, Ranking Member, the Hon. Mario Diaz Balart and the Hon. David Price - Request to Fund Public Housing
04/04/2017 Letter to the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, the Hon. Nita Lowey, and the Hon. Robert Aderholt, Chairman of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration Subcommittee and the Hon. Sanford Bishop, Ranking Member - Funding Request for Rental Assistance
04/03/2017 Letter to the Hon. Mario Diaz-Balart, Chairman of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee and the Hon. David Price, Ranking Member - Funding Request for Community Development Block Grants
03/18/2016 Letter to the House Appropriations Committee - Increased Funding for Federal Housing Programs in Fiscal 2017
03/10/2016 Letter to The Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader, The Hon. Tom Price, Chairman House Budget Committee, and the Hon. Chris Van Hollen, Ranking Member, House Budget Committee - Fight to Protect SNAP for Those in Need
11/10/2015 Letter to the Hon. Jeb Hensarling, Chairman, Committee on Financial Services - Approaches for Addressing Poverty and Housing Affordability
10/28/2015 Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House and Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader - Refusing to Vote For Any Budget Deal That Cuts Medicare, Medicaid or Social Security Benefits
06/10/2015 Letter to Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray, Chairman and Ranking Member, respectively, of the Senate HELP Committee - Every Child Achieves Act
03/27/2015 Letter to Chairman Tom Cole and Ranking Member Rosa Delauro, Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies - Funding of Heating Assistance Program
03/25/2015 Letter to Julian Castro, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - Public Housing Authorities
01/26/2015 Letter to Mel Watt, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency - Funding the Housing Trust Fund
12/18/2014 Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Boost Funding for Low Income Heating Assistance Funds
04/09/2014 Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House - Immediate Vote on Unemployment Insurance Deal
04/04/2014 Letter to Jack Kingston, Chairman and Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor for Health and Human Services and Education - Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program Funding
03/13/2014 Letter to Janet Yellen, Chairwoman of the Federal Reserve - Focus on Full Employment
03/06/2014 Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House - Don't Leave Jobless Veterans Behind
01/16/2014 Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House of Representatives and Eric Cantor, Majority Leader of the House of Representatives - Emergency Unemployment Compensation

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