Rashida Tlaib: “I am really just--and bear with me, Chairman. I really want to show just how connected it is, that we can't allow…”

This data sharing should terrify all of us. It does nothing to make us safer, but rather endangers the basic rights of all Americans and worsens our mass surveillance crisis.

Their silence is complacent and normalizes fearmongering and racism. We know that targeting any community doesn’t allow any of us to be safe.

People of all faiths and of all backgrounds belong, and deserve to practice their religion and celebrate their cultures freely without fear.

Our families do not deserve to be subjected to such hate and bigotry.