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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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Dec 3, 2019

We need to shut them down. State laws out there, across the country, are preventing this form of predatory lending.

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Nov 20, 2019

These are for-profit entities coming to sell to cities like Detroit, and other communities of color, technology that hasn't even been tested properly, and is flawed.

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Nov 20, 2019

There are going to be very few times that you will see a lot of us agree, especially on issues that are so critically important to civil liberties, civil rights issues, but in this particular issue, I think you can find a lot of bipartisan…

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Nov 19, 2019

They want to remove that from the mission statement.

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Nov 19, 2019

The complaint system online does not work.

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Nov 19, 2019

It is a waste of time. It just does not work.

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Nov 19, 2019

I have these mini-townhalls throughout my district, and, recently, a constituent attended one of my coffee hours, talking about the lack of lending for a community.

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Nov 19, 2019

Under Ben Carson, more families live in HUD housing that fails health and safety inspections

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Nov 19, 2019

I am very concerned about Dr. Carson and this Administration's move to try to make it impossible for people to prove housing discrimination.

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Nov 19, 2019

I know I am going to be working with Chairwoman Waters, as well as my colleague from Massachusetts, Representative Pressley, about having more support and capacity support for our tenants' associations that really help us hold a lot of…

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Nov 19, 2019

Since 2016, we have seen a 30 percent increase in HUD properties failing inspections.

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Nov 19, 2019

We are probably the frontline community of why MDIs are really critically important.

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