He will serve as Democratic secretary of the House State Government Committee, and also will sit on the Aging and Older Adult Services and Health and Human Services committees. The Aging and Older Adult Services Committee is a new committee that was formed to concentrate more on the increasing concerns and issues relating to seniors. The former House Aging and Youth Committee, of which Waters was a member, was split into two committees Aging and Older Adult Services and Children and Youth in order to place more individualized attention on each subject. Right now, many seniors are in a difficult position because of increasing health-care and prescription drug costs. My assignments to the Aging and Older Adult Services and Health and Human Services committees will allow me to help address these and other issues affecting them.
Committees are an important part of law making.
They are responsible for reviewing all legislation introduced in the House. Committees discuss, debate, hold hearings and make changes to legislation before sending it to the full House for consideration. Waters also is vice chairman of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus. He is serving his first full term in the House.