A bee or wasp sting is an uncomfortable and often painful experience that is common during the warmer months when these stinging insects are most active and people spend more time outdoors. Bees and wasps use their stingers as a means of self-defense.
Rep. Maxine Waters. Waters, a Democrat, is the representative for California's 43rd congressional district and has served since Jan 3, 2013 (next election in 2018) (map). She was previously the representative for California's 35th congressional district (1993-2012); and the representative for California's 29th congressional district (1991-1992).
The signatories included the Congressional Black Caucus Chair Maxine Waters, the president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Kweisi Mfume, the former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, Congresswomen Carolyn Kilpatrick and Cynthia McKinney, and Wyatt Tee Walker, president of the American Committee on Africa.