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Committee Chairman Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., speaks during a House Committee on Financial Services hearing, Wednesday, April 6, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington, with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. The former CEO of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX said in a tweet Friday, Dec. 9, that he is willing to testify to Congress next week, but that he will be limited in what he can say and that he “won't be as helpful” as he’d like to be. The tweet came in response to a tweet from Waters, who on Monday requested that Bankman-Fried attend next week’s hearings over the collapse of FTX. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Dems antsy as disgraced crypto chief who supplied campaign cash readies Capitol Hill testimony

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters, D-Calif., leads a hearing to review the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's mission to focus priority on consumers on Capitol Hill in Washington, In this March 7, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Rep. Maxine Waters: Sens. Sinema, Manchin don’t care about minorities

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

In this file photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, and Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., laugh after Waters told Pelosi a funny story, after Pelosi signed bill enrollments for Congressional Review Act Resolutions S. J. Res. 13, 14 and 15, Tuesday, June 29, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Democrats’ plan for race-based housing aid draws lawsuit threats, charges of reverse discrimination

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

Congresswoman Maxine Waters waves in her car during a car parade to mark Juneteenth on Saturday, June 19, 2021, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Biden encourages Maxine Waters to run for Senate: ‘You think I’m kidding. I’m not’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., listens to an aide as she joins members of the Congressional Black Caucus to await the verdict in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats reject Maxine Waters censure; Republicans stew

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., listens during a news conference on Capitol in Washington, in this Feb. 28, 2013, file photo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Auntie Maxine Waters rides again

By Tammy Bruce

House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters, D-Calif., presides over a markup of pending bills, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. Yesterday, the judge overseeing the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer in the death of George Floyd says recent comments by Rep. Waters are "abhorrent" and says they could lead to a verdict being appealed and overturned. Rep. Waters had joined protesters on Saturday and called for protests to escalate if Derek Chauvin was not found guilty on murder charges. Chauvin's defense attorney had motioned for a mistrial in light of Waters' comments. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Chuck Schumer defends Maxine Waters’ call for confrontations with police: ‘She wants peace’

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., talks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, as she waits for the verdict to be read in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Maxine Waters’ bold words echo civil rights, draw criticism

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

In this image from video, then-House Minority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise, R.La., speaks from Washington, during the first night of the Republican National Convention Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. (Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via AP) ** FILE **

Steve Scalise blasts House Dems for ‘hypocrisy’ on Maxine Waters as GOP preps censure resolution

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters, D-Calif., leads a hearing to review the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's mission to focus priority on consumers on Capitol Hill in Washington, In this March 7, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Time to put Mad Maxine Waters out to pasture

By Joseph Curl

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., joined by Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., criticizes President Donald Trump's pro-Wall Street policies during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Pelosi accused of double standard for defending Maxine Waters after pounding Trump, Greene

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Thursday, April 15, 2021, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Kevin McCarthy demands Nancy Pelosi take action against Maxine Waters for ‘inciting violence’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks to the media, Thursday, April 15, 2021, during her weekly briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Nancy Pelosi backs Maxine Waters’ call to ‘confront’ police, says no apology needed

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., objects during a joint session of Congress to count electoral votes in Washington, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Zach Gibson) **FILE**

Maxine Waters slammed for urging protesters to ‘get more confrontational’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

House Financial Services Committee Chair Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., asks a question of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton, during a committee hearing, Tuesday Sept. 24, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Rep. Maxine Waters defends speech urging crowd to ‘push back’ on Trump figures

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

House Financial Services Committee Chair Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., asks a question of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton, during a committee hearing, Tuesday Sept. 24, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Maxine Waters: Donald Trump will try to ‘take over legislatures, little towns and cities’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., objects during a joint session of Congress to count electoral votes in Washington, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Zach Gibson) **FILE**

Maxine Waters: Trump must be ‘stopped dead in his tracks, however we can do it’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters, D-Calif., leads a hearing to review the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's mission to focus priority on consumers on Capitol Hill in Washington, In this March 7, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Maxine Waters says Black support for Trump ‘hurts so bad’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Rep. Maxine Waters told CNBC that California should have more "say" among Democrats because "fancy parties" raise a lot of money for the party in Beverly Hills, Feb. 13, 2020. (Image: CNBC video screenshot)

Maxine Waters: ‘Fancy parties’ in Beverly Hills should give California more ‘say’ than Iowa

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times