The House Financial Services Committee (FSC) will be chaired by one of the most outspoken opponents of the Trump administration and a firm supporter of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) mission, thanks to the Democratic Caucus’ decision to tap Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) for the role. Waters will become the first woman to lead the panel.
Waters has served as the committee’s ranking member since 2013 alongside Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), who she will succeed upon his retirement in January 2019, before the start of the 116th Congress.
Find out what she had to say about her selection for the position.