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Rashida Tlaib

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Rashida Tlaib is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 13th congressional district since January 3, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Tlaib is known for her progressive policies and advocacy for social justice. She is one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress and has been a vocal advocate for issues such as affordable housing, environmental justice, and healthcare reform. Tlaib has also been involved in efforts to address systemic racism and economic inequality.

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Jan 14, 2020

I am really worried that they are testing my people, my residents are being used as testing ground for this kind of technology.

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Jan 14, 2020

Report from the Detroit Community Technology Projects; submitted by Rep. Tlaib.

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Jan 14, 2020

They are for-profit technology that are coming into communities like mine that is overwhelmingly majority black and testing these products.

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Jan 14, 2020

I don't think being poor or being working class means somehow that you deserve less civil liberties or less privacy.

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Jan 13, 2020

It is a straight-up capital gains tax break.

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Jan 13, 2020

I want to lead with compassion when I look at these issues, and the Housing First approach has been supported by Republican Administrations and Democratic Administrations in the past.

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Jan 13, 2020

I think you are much, much kinder. I just know at home and on the ground it is very intentional, because you see now the CRA changes being done by the same people who probably didn't want CRA created in the first place.

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Jan 13, 2020

I have two in my district. They chose two census tracts, which are the wealthiest in my district.

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Jan 13, 2020

I think the Community Reinvestment Act--for so many folks in the 13th Congressional District that I represent in the City of Detroit, one of the most beautiful, Blackest cities in the country, where I think we were the forefront and kind…

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Jan 13, 2020

Let me talk to all of you about what isn't working: Opportunity Zones.

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Jan 13, 2020

I will use that word--illegally designate these census tracts that do not meet poverty guidelines.

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Jan 13, 2020

Oh, it is very core. And sometimes, I feel like we should just go ahead and look at all the lawsuits that have settled, where actual whistleblowers within these banks, many of whom in California, for instance, were told, if somebody comes…

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