Rep. Patrick McHenry Patrick Timothy McHenryCheney battle raises questions about House GOP's future Hillicon Valley: Democrats request counterintelligence briefing | New pressure for election funding | Republicans urge retaliation against Chinese hackers House Republicans urge Trump to take action against Chinese hackers targeting coronavirus research MORE (R-N.C.), the ranking member on the House Financial Services Committee, said Sunday that Committee Chairman Maxine Waters Maxine Moore WatersPowell, Mnuchin stress limits of current emergency lending programs Pelosi: House will stay in session until agreement is reached on coronavirus relief Omar invokes father's death from coronavirus in reaction to Woodward book MORE's policies are "bad for America."

"The politics she supports, and the politics she votes for, and the policy she votes for, are really bad for America and rally bad for job creation, really bad for economic growth," he said during an interview on "The Cats Roundtable" radio show in New York.

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"And that’s why I have opposed so much of what she’s doing, which is going in a really very far-left direction," McHenry added.

McHenry was also critical of Water's investigations into the finances of President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE. Waters is leading a probe into Trump’s finances and his ties to Deutsche Bank, the bank that lent Trump millions of dollars when he was a real estate mogul.

McHenry called Waters's approach "far-left" and said it is not "rational."

“The far left is trying to drive this conversation for all Democrats. So, while we have a lot of pragmatic Democrats in Congress, they are fearful of what this far left would do to them in a primary. So they are not supporting the rational policies they should be and that the American people support," he said.