“I think we can all unequivocally say in 2026, football is not going anywhere.”
“When giant corporations and Wall Street investors buy up all the fire truck manufacturers, it’s a threat to public safety.”
“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
“It is imperative that FEMA helps communities quickly respond to wildfires and increase their resilience to future wildfire disasters”
“They are picking houses the way you pick tomatoes at the grocery store.”
“Protecting and defending innocent life is and remains important to our Legislature, governor, attorney general and citizens.”

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On the recordSeptember 24, 2019
I was born and raised in Detroit--from more homeowners to renters and so forth, and I think it is a result of a lot of combinations of things that you guys put forward.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan
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Tlaib discusses the shift in housing from ownership to renting in Detroit.

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