Maxine Waters, the local congresswoman, sent a letter to the attorney general, John Ashcroft, demanding an investigation into the altercation.

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Bair is instead diplomatic and lukewarm in her critique of the planned process during questioning from Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA).

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An hour after he (and the television crews) had left, Maxine Waters, a Democratic congresswoman from Los Angeles, took the floor.

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