As she prepares to take over leadership of the House Financial Services Committee, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) is arguing that the ongoing government shutdown is harming the integrity of U.S. financial markets.
Her remarks, on Jan. 9, came in support of H.R. 264, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act of 2019, which would restore funding for federal government agencies. The bill, she said, would “put Wall Street’s cop on the block, the Securities and Exchange Commission, back to work.”
