Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif. (Photo: Bloomberg)
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., was nominated late Monday to serve as chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee.
After being nominated by the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee to chair the committee in the 116th Congress, Waters stated that she was "committed to creating opportunities, ensuring fairness and protecting the economic well-being of all Americans."
As chairwoman, Waters said, she'd "continue to prioritize protecting consumers and investors from abusive financial practices, ensuring strong safeguards are in place to prevent another financial crisis, expanding and supporting affordable housing opportunities, encouraging responsible innovation in financial technology, promoting diversity and inclusion in the financial services sector and ensuring that hardworking Americans and small businesses have fair access to the financial system and opportunities to thrive."
Waters, who has already directed committee staffers to sketch out new subcommittees, also vowed to ensure that the Trump administration doesn't dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
