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Also known as Maxine Moore Waters, Maxine Moore Carr

United States Representative from California since 1991

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Acting · St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Maxine Moore Waters is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 43rd congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Waters is currently in her 15th term in the House, having served since 1991.

Known for

  • I Was Born This Way — Self2025
  • Bella! — Self2023
  • Black Barbie — Self2023
  • Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy — Self (archive footage)2021
  • The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart — Self - Guest2020
  • Desus & Mero — Self - Illustrious Guest2019
  • Fail State — Self2018
  • LA 92 — Self (archive footage)2017
  • Jewel's Catch One — Self2017
  • The Words That Built America — Self - Reader: The Constitution2017

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1913-04-04
Active to
1983-04-30
bluesblues rockchicago bluesdelta blueselectric bluespsychedelic rock

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Listeners
66
Total plays
127

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Quotes

  • I am extremely angry, and I have no problems with saying that. You know, there comes a time when it’s all right to be angry. That’s how I feel. And I’m sure that the people that you see, no matter what you think about what they’re doing, and no matter how we would not like to see that kind of violence, you can understand the anger.
  • The anger that you see expressed out there in Los Angeles, in my district this evening, is a righteous anger, and it's difficult for me to say to the people, "Don't be angry." When people are angry and enraged, they do do senseless things. They do act even sometimes out of character, and that's why it is the responsibility of America to try and avoid putting people in these kinds of situations.
  • Many other cities could go the way that Los Angeles went last night unless the president is willing to step in and take some strong action in terms of letting people know that he cares about this issue.
  • I think we have to say it's okay to be angry. It's not all right to be violent. I know it would make people happy if I said I could wave my hand and make people behave less violently. I am not that presumptuous. We have a moral responsibility to share the resources of this country.
  • If you call it a riot, it sounds like it was just a bunch of crazy people who went out and did bad things for no reason. I maintain it was somewhat understandable, if not acceptable. So I call it a rebellion.
  • Riot is the voice of the unheard.

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Key facts

Preceded by
Patrick McHenry
Succeeded by
Patrick McHenry
Constituency
29th district (1991–1993), 35th district (1993–2013), 43rd district (2013–present)
Born
Maxine Moore Carr , ( 1938-08-15 ) August 15, 1938 (age 87) , St. Louis , Missouri, U.S.
Party
Democratic
Spouses
Edward Waters ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1956 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1972 ) ​ Sid Williams ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1977 ) ​
Education
California State University, Los Angeles ( BA )
Website
House website

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Official website
waters.house.gov
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Number of children
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Maxine Waters
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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 18th 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. 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.

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