Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 43, 2013-present

Chief Deputy Whip, United States House of Representatives, 1990-present

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 43, 2022, 2024

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 35, 1993-2013

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 29, 1991-1993

Assembly Member, California State Assembly, 1977-1990

Ranking Member, Committee on Financial Services

Member, Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship and Capital Markets

Member, Congressional Black Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Diabetes Caucus, present

Co-Chair, Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease, present

Member, Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, present

Former Member, Capital Markets, Securities, & Investment Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Congressional Children's Working Group

Co-Founder, Congressional Progressive Caucus

Former Chair, Democratic Caucus, California State Assembly

Former Member, Financial Institution and Consumer Credit Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis

Former Member, Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Chair, Out of Iraq Congressional Caucus

Founder, Out of Iraq Congressional Caucus

Former Member, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Chair, Special Committee on Election Reform, Democratic Caucus

Former Member, Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Terrorism and Illicit Finance Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Ranking Member, Committee on Financial Services, United States House of Representatives, 2011-2012, 2013-2014, 2015-2016, 2017-2018, 2019-2020, 2021-2022, 2023-Present

Former Member, Task Force to Investigate Terrorism Financing, United States House of Representatives, 2015-2016

Chair, Congressional Black Caucus, 1997-1998

Former Chief Deputy, Office of City Councilor David S. Cunningham

Former Employee, Office of Mayor Tom Bradley

Former Employee, Office of Mervyn M. Dymally

Former Employee, Senator Alan Cranston

Campaign Manager, David S. Cunningham for City Council, 1973

Member, Los Angeles Women's Foundation, present

Former Member, Bhopal Justice Campaign

Co-Founder, Black Women's Forum

Former Member, California Peer Counseling Association

Former Member, Center for the Study of Sport in Society

Founder, Community Build

Member, Democratic National Committee

Former Co-Chair, Democratic Steering Committee

Founder, Free South Africa Movement

Former Volunteer Coordinator, Head Start Program

Founder, Maxine Waters Employment Preparation Center

Former Member, National Committee for Economic Conversion and Disarmament

Former Member, National Development and Voting Rights Institute

Founder, Project Build

Volunteer, Bill Clinton Presidential Campaign, 1992, 1996

Delegate, Democratic National Conventions, 1972-1988

Volunteer, Jesse Jackson Presidential Campaign, 1984, 1988

Volunteer, Edward Kennedy Presidential Campaign, 1980

Astrological Sign:

Leo

First Job:

Factories and Segregated Restaurants

Number of Grandchildren:

2

Spouse's Occupation:

Former U.S. Ambassador to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas