By Shelley McKinley, Ed.D. Congresswoman Maxine Waters has served as the U.S. Representative for California’s 43rd congressional district since 1991. Considered by many to be one of the most powerful women in American politics today, she has gained a reputation as a fearless and outspoken advocate for women, children, people of color, the poor, veterans, and seniors. Rep. Waters chaired the House Financial Services Committee from 2019 to 2023 and has been the ranking member since 2023. She made history as the first woman and first African American Chair. While in Houston, Rep. Maxine Waters sat down to share her thoughts concerning the upcoming presidential election, proposed Supreme Court reform, and other words of wisdom. When looking at President Biden’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris, Congresswoman Waters stated, “This is transformation. A black woman is about to be the President of the United States of America. The delegates have already voted for her, and so when she goes into the convention, she’s got enough votes to be the nominee for the Democratic Party. With her in place having worked as a city attorney, attorney general, in the United States Senate, and as Vice President she is keenly aware of the injustices. She is keenly aware of the work that has to be done. She has to open up the financial services in this country: Wall Street, all of the banks and insurance companies. Th is is where the system blocks us and keeps us from having access to wealth and so she knows this area very well. I’ve worked with her on some of this.” Rep. Waters also had praise for President Biden, “He did a lot. When you watch the way that unemployment numbers changed drastically under him, unemployment went down and people could get better jobs. He worked on student loans. All of this was so very good. He had a Black woman as vice president, and he put a Black woman on the Supreme court

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