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This representative has already signed Discharge Petition 8 to force a floor vote on H.R. 2913. Thank them for their support!
This representative has already signed Discharge Petition 8 to force a floor vote on H.R. 2913. Thank them for their support!
Ukraine Voting Record
Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022
Emergency supplemental appropriations providing $61B in Ukraine assistance
National Defense Authorization Act with Ukraine security assistance provisions
About
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Elected: 1991 (18th term)
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District: District 43, South Central Los Angeles, CA
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Ukrainian American community: Los Angeles diaspora provides a base
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District partisan lean (Cook PVI): D+55
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2024 House result: Maxine Waters (DEM) 75.1% vs Steve Williams (REP) 24.9%, margin +50.1 pp
Background and record
Background. In office since 1991, born in Mississippi to a single mother of 13 children, California State University Los Angeles graduate, former CA state assembly member. She represents South Central Los Angeles.
Position on Ukraine. Maxine Waters is the ranking Democrat on House Financial Services (since 2013) and the senior Black Caucus voice on financial policy. As Financial Services ranking member, Waters has direct jurisdiction over every Russia financial sanction, every REPO Act frozen asset deployment, every banking compliance with sanctions framework that the US uses to pressure Russia. She has been one of the most outspoken Democratic voices on Russian oligarch asset seizures.
Strategic Read. Frame asks in terms of her Financial Services ranking member direct jurisdiction over Russia financial sanctions, frozen asset deployment under the REPO Act, and Russian oligarch asset seizures, her decades long institutional engagement with Russia money laundering and Russian state sponsored corruption issues, her senior Black Caucus voice on global anti-authoritarian solidarity, her LA-area African American constituency tradition of solidarity with global democratic resistance, and her women's-leadership voice in Democratic foreign policy continuity.
Ukraine Record
- Voting record on Ukraine bills: 97.4% pro-Ukraine (38 pro, 1 anti, on 39 clean votes)
- Consistent YES on Ukraine aid
- Top Financial Services Democrat with authority over sanctions bills
- Used her role for Russia sanctions advocacy
Advocacy Playbook
- The Ask: Force committee votes on the Sanctioning Russia Act (H.R. 2548), H.R. 5797, the No Aid for Russian Energy Act (H.R. 7094), and the Laundered Russian Oil Act (H.R. 7095), and publicly sign onto the REPO Act (H.R. 5835), which uses frozen Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine
- Why It Works: Financial accountability, anti-oligarch framing, and sanctions enforcement. These fit her career long themes.
- Local Connection: Los Angeles Ukrainian community. Coordinate with Senators Padilla and Schiff.
- Avoid: Treating her as a side player. She is the key Democratic voice on sanctions legislation.
Without this bill, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians who fled the war and built lives in the U.S. face deportation back to an active war zone. This is the single most urgent protection for Ukrainians in America.
More Details →Capitol Switchboard
202-224-3121
Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME], a constituent from [YOUR CITY/ZIP]. I'm calling to urge Representative [REPRESENTATIVE'S NAME] to cosponsor H.R. 3104, the Ukrainian Adjustment Act of 2025. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians fled Russia's invasion and are now living in the U.S. on temporary status. They cannot safely return to an active war zone. H.R. 3104 gives them a path to permanent residency. It's bipartisan, it's targeted, and it's the right thing to do. Will Representative [REPRESENTATIVE'S NAME] cosponsor H.R. 3104? Thank you.
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Bills to Cosponsor
18 bills remainingUkrainian Adjustment Act of 2025
Grants lawful permanent residency to Ukrainians who were paroled into the U.
Discharge Petition 8: Secure a Vote H.R. 2913
Discharge Petition No.
Ukraine Support Act
The most sweeping Ukraine support bill of the 119th Congress: combines military aid, sanctions, lend-lease, intelligence sharing, and trade tools into a single package spanning 9 committee jurisdictions.
Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
Imposes severe penalties on Russia if the President determines Russia refuses to negotiate a peace agreement with Ukraine, violates a negotiated peace, initiates another invasion, or seeks to overthrow the Ukrainian government.
PEACE Act of 2025
Prohibits the President from entering into or implementing any peace agreement with Russia regarding Ukraine unless the agreement meets specific conditions protecting Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.