That's what mayors do. They lobby Congress to provide resources for their city. Maxine Waters More Quotes by Maxine Waters More Quotes From Maxine Waters I have to march because my mother could not have an abortion. Maxine Waters marchabortionmother Guess what this liberal would be all about? This liberal will be about socializing...uh, um...Would be about, basically, taking over, and the government running all of your companies. Maxine Waters governmentdumbrunning If sequestration takes place, that's going to be a great setback. We don't need to be having something like sequestration that's going to cause these job losses - over 170 million jobs that could be lost. Maxine Waters lossjobsneeds 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. Maxine Waters crazystupidpeople 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. Maxine Waters colorfightingthinking Why do you think [Russians] hacked into our election? Because they have to make sure that Donald Trump got elected so that he could help them with what I think is a huuuuge deal, not only to lift these sanctions, but to take over, y'know, all of these Soviet countries and pull 'em back into the Soviet Union, so that they could have access it to all of these resources. It's clear to me! Maxine Waters emscountrythinking 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. Maxine Waters responsibilitycharacteramerica It's time for the bully pulpit of the White House to bring the gangstas in, put them around the table and let them know that if they don't come up with loan modifications and keep people in their homes that they've worked so hard for, we're gonna tax them out of business. Maxine Waters gangstawhitehome We do not have a crisis at Freddie Mac, and particularly Fannie Mae, under the outstanding leadership of Frank Raines. Maxine Waters macsoutstandingcrisis Riot is the voice of the unheard. Maxine Waters unheardriotvoice You cannot be successful and continue to be a victim. Maxine Waters being-successfulsuccessfulsuccess 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. Maxine Waters appreciationbelievelying I think that when you saw Donald Trump absolutely calling Hillary Clinton crooked, the "lock her up, lock her up," all of that was developed. I think that was developed strategically with people from the Kremlin, with Vladimir Putin. Maxine Waters clintonpeoplethinking I have a right to my anger, and I don't want anybody telling me I shouldn't be, that it's not nice to be, and that something's wrong with me because I get angry. Maxine Waters angernicewant I don't see white police officers slamming the heads of little white boys into police cars. Maxine Waters carwhiteboys 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. Maxine Waters i-believehousebelieve 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. Maxine Waters losing-friendsjobsthinking I've been in this struggle for many years now. I understand racism. I understand that there are a lot of people in this country who don't care about the problems of the inner city. We have to fight every day that we get up for every little thing that we get. And so I keep struggling. Maxine Waters fightingstrugglecountry I am not afraid of anybody. This is a tough game. You can't be intimidated. You can't be frightened. And as far as I'm concerned, the Tea Party can go straight to hell. Maxine Waters partygamestea If [Donald Trump] wants to do good things, let's see it. Let him do it. I can't stop him from doing good things. Maxine Waters doing-goodgood-thingswant
