‘Just One Moment Please!’ Maxine Waters Clashes with GOP Congressman in Tense Committee Hearing Exchange
Story by Michael Luciano •
A hearing of the House Financial Services committee got tense on Tuesday after Chair Maxine Waters (D-CA) apparently forgot to yield time to Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX) during witness testimony.
The committee convened to address the recent collapse of FTX, a cryptocurrency firm that lost its customers billions of dollars. Sam Bankman-Fried, the company’s former CEO, was set to testify before the committee but did not after he was indicted by the Department of Justice on Tuesday morning.
“I would like to enter into the record the closing statements from Ranking Member McHenry and myself,” Waters stated, apparently preparing to wrap up the hearing.
“Chairwoman Waters, chairwoman waters,” Gooden interrupted. “I’ve not had an opportunity to testify–to question the witness.”
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