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" As you know in this committee, we have all of HUD, and HUD is responsible for so many programs that determine the quality of life for women and families. "
Maxine Waters
Life
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You
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" We do not have a crisis at Freddie Mac, and particularly Fannie Mae, under the outstanding leadership of Frank Raines. "
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" I want our millennials and our young people to do what they started out doing with meet-ups, to talk about what is going on, and spread the education. "
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" I think the Democrats' role is to be vocal. "
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" Some people see me as a rabble-rouser. Some people see me as someone who does not care about what other people think about me. "
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" I'm not running for anything but my own seat. "
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" I have been working hard trying to implement Dodd-Frank reforms. We went through a terrible crisis in 2008. Many people lost their homes. "
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" I don't have them down here asking me what my urban agenda is. I don't find them really doing in-depth stories on community-based organizations that have been struggling for a long time and who are out trying to get funds. They aren't interested in those stories. "
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" When I first experienced the millennial response to me, I had come out of a classified briefing, and I told the group of media individuals who were there that I didn't think James Comey had any credibility, and I threw up my hands and walked away - that went viral. "
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" I could not remove myself from this debate about Trump. I could not abide his indecency. I could not live with the way he treated other people. "
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" I think Hillary and Bill are really liberals at heart. I think that, in addition to being liberals, they are very practical. They have made some decisions about what it takes to win. "
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" I had to ask my grandchildren, 'What does it mean? I threw shade?' "
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" I have been an organizer and then activist and a legislator, all of that. But then there's this big gap after I advanced in Congress and ended up as the ranking member of financial services committee. It took me into the financial services issues and Wall Street and Dodd Frank. And it took me away from the things that I did years ago. "
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Me
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" Ben Carson was appointed to be the HUD secretary. He knows nothing about the mission of HUD. He doesn't care about people in public housing. He believes that if you are poor, it is your own fault. And he doesn't know the difference between an immigrant and a slave. "
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Know
Mission
Own
" My spirit tells me I cannot be silent. "
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Me
Silent
" There are people who love and appreciate this country, but they don't talk about it that way. Now is the time to talk. "
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" Women are prepared to run for office. They're prepared to show up. Oh yeah, women have big roles to play, and they have stepped up to the plate already. "
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" The women's movement was just coming into being, and I got involved with Gloria Steinem and Bella Abzug and all these great women. We then got involved with Carter, who was running for president, and we created the first International Women's Conference or the National Women's Conference for Carter. "
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Movement
Great
" I cannot be thought to be afraid of Bill O'Reilly or anybody. "
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" It's unusual for elected officials to step outside of the box. "
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Elected
Outside
" I'm a strong black woman, and I cannot be intimidated. I cannot be undermined. "
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" How does he support Clinton's urban agenda? He doesn't know what it is. "
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" I was working at the telephone company in the late '80s as a service representative. "
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" Everyone has a part to play. We have the power. You can do it. "
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" This nation has always struggled with how it was going to deal with poor people and people of color. Every few years you will see some great change in the way that they approach this. We've had the war on poverty that never really got into waging a real war on poverty. "
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" We moan and groan all the time about a lack of involvement of young people. But they have taught me a lot about what moves them. "
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" I am talking about strategies that were developed, working with the Trump campaign. I really do believe that much of what you saw coming out of Trump's mouth was a play from Putin's playbook. "
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" That's what mayors do. They lobby Congress to provide resources for their city. "
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