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Maxine Moore Waters (born August 15, 1938) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 43rd congressional district since 2013. She previously served as the U.S. Representative for California's 35th and 29th districts, first elected in 1990 and reelected since. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the most senior of the 12 black women currently serving in the United States Congress, and is a member and former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus.

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I think that our president should not be representing our country. He has alienated our allies. He continues to lie day in and day out. He creates controversy. He can't get along with the members of Congress. He needs to be impeached. I want him impeached.

Allies, Country, Day, Lying, Members, Thinking

We do not have a crisis at Freddie Mac, and particularly Fannie Mae, under the outstanding leadership of Frank Raines.

Crisis, Mac, Macs, Outstanding, Particularly

Don't forget during the primary debates when Trump pointed at Carly Fiorina and said, "Look at that face, who would vote for her?" That tells you everything about him and what he cares about women.

Care, Debate, Debates, Fiorina, Said, Vote

All of these people who are organized with these oil-and-gas interests, that's in the administration and friends of the President of the United States [Donald Trump], these back channeling that you see. These are a bunch of scumbags. That's what they are.

Oil, Organized, People, President, Trump

If Hillary Clinton had won the White House, I believe that given what Comey did to her, and what he tried to do, she should have fired him.

Believe, Fired, House, I Believe, White, Won

First of all, I would tell any young woman who's interested in politics to get in touch with herself first and really, really determine if this is what she wants to do - and not do it just because it may be the thing at the moment. What do you care about? What is it that moves you? What would you like to change? What would you do if you were in this situation?

Care, Like, Moments, Moving, Tell, Thing

You cannot be successful and continue to be a victim.

Being Successful, Continue, Success, Successful, Victim

I don't try to think about how I can satisfy those who would criticize me, or plot and plan to work in ways that will not get criticism. I tend to follow what I really believe. If I believe in something strongly and I act on it, then whatever comes with that territory comes.

Act, Believe, Criticism, Follow, Plan, Thinking

Every time I've talked about impeachment, I've said we've got to connect the dots, we've got to get the facts, we've got to do the investigation. That is what leads to impeachment and I also said that Donald Trump will lead us right there.

Facts, Impeachment, Investigation, Leads, Right, Trump

I don't have to give [Donald Trump] a chance.

Chance, Donald, Give, Giving, Trump

So let's see what they [Republicans] are going to do. If they're going to put together great programs, and everybody understands that they're good.

Everybody, Good, Program, Republican, Republicans, Together

Black women are going to have to take more leadership. I think we are prepared because we bring a tenaciousness with us. We do not fear losing friends, allies, or jobs.

Black, Friends, Jobs, Losing Friends, Prepared, Thinking

I don't think it works to just be mad at them - Maxine Waters out ranting and kicking down the doors. It would be so easy to dismiss you and marginalize you.

Doors, Kicking It, Mad, Maxine, Ranting, Thinking

Policy, for the most part, has been made by white people in America, not by people of color. And they have tended to take care of those things that they think are important. Whether it's their agricultural subsidies, or other kinds of expenditures that are certainly not expenditures for poor people or for people of color. And so we have to band together and keep fighting back.

Color, Fighting, Kinds, Subsidies, Thinking, White

The most upsetting part of the new administration is discovering that the person who won the election and became the president of the United States of America is a man who has no good values. His character astounds me. I can't believe that we have a president who would lie, who would distort, and who does not appear to have an appreciation for government and how it works.

Appreciation, Believe, Election, Lying, Person, President

I know some people like to follow the tradition, and that's who they are. That's not me.

Know, Knows, People, Tradition

On Immigration policy and reform [Republicans] are on the wrong side of the track. . . . They would have you believe that if they get into office, they are going to make sure that they are going to get rid of everyone in our society who was not born in America.

America, Believe, Reform, Society, Track

Some are arguing that the Democrats should resist at every turn [to Donald's Trump administration], and some Democrats are saying that's the strategy that Democrats should now employ.

Administration, Arguing, Democrats, Strategy, Turn

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.

Acceptable, Crazy, People, Sounds, Stupid, Things

President Trump basically has interfered with an investigation where he may be implicated. That's outrageous. And that's why we're having so much of a conversation about it today. Everybody is talking about it because this is highly unusual.

Investigation, President, Today, Unusual

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