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).
Late in 1990 the Maxine Waters Vocational Educational Center was under construction in South Central Los Angeles, a symbol of hope in an area of boarded-up buildings and vacant lots. When Waters was elected to Congress in 1990 she was one of five new African American representatives.