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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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Nov 15, 2021

Do you think that it is really about resources and more funding and investment in enforcement, or do we really do need new legislation to try to attack this?

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Nov 15, 2021

If you work at an organization that is successfully hit with ransomware attack, this is an example of the kind of ransom note you might find on your computer system.

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Nov 8, 2021

LGBTQ+ couples are 73 percent more likely to be denied residential mortgages compared to their peers.

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Nov 8, 2021

These stats are even lower for LGBTQ+ people of color: 35 percent for LGBTQ Latino Americans; and 30 percent for LGBTQ Black Americans.

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Nov 8, 2021

It is very much missing here, and so I appreciate all of you so much for speaking this truth, again, that is missing in Congress.

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Oct 27, 2021

It is yet another reason we need to get the fossil fuel money out of our politics.

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Oct 27, 2021

You all hide and you deceive the public so oil and gas companies can go on claiming that they are pro-environment while opposing sensible pro-environment measures in secret.

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Oct 27, 2021

It is a front group for American Petroleum Institute, which uses it to flood Facebook with hundreds of ads opposing climate provisions in the Build Back Better Act.

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Oct 27, 2021

That front group was called Colorado Rising and, again, resident led.

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Oct 27, 2021

Well, One Alaska was a front group created specifically to oppose Alaska's ballot initiative that would require oil companies to pay their fair share.

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Oct 27, 2021

You can poison the planet to make money, but we are going to defend the planet so we can live, and we will win.

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Oct 27, 2021

I mean, you made, what, $29 million last year in poisoning the planet?

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Oct 27, 2021

When are you going to cut the $50 billion check that you owe? It went through the courts.

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Oct 27, 2021

Ad campaign by Michigan group Energy Citizens ahead of energy vote legislation

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Oct 27, 2021

Article on oil companies fund to defeat Alaska's tax proposal

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Oct 26, 2021

I am working hard with the chairwoman to ban medically necessary debt on people's credit reports.

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Oct 26, 2021

I am just really increasingly worried because they are going to check it off and say, 'sent an email.'

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Oct 26, 2021

I think if we want an equitable recovery, we are going to need to take a very close look at debt collection and credit reporting.

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Oct 26, 2021

I am worried that the pandemic not only left my residents with emotional trauma, but economic distress that could forever alter their ability to thrive.

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Oct 26, 2021

I hope we center on the residents and the consumers as we move forward, and prioritize them.

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Oct 13, 2021

I am also really concerned--and, Mr. Chairman, as I think you know, I am very concerned that the shift towards a cashless economy is placing more power and more data in the hands of unaccountable technology companies.

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Oct 13, 2021

I represent the third-poorest congressional district in the country, so this is something that I think is at the forefront of some of the struggles.

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Oct 6, 2021

I am asking, urging my colleagues, especially my Republican colleagues, to reject this lunacy, these complete lies.

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Oct 6, 2021

Make no mistake, democracy is dying in America, folks. Fascism is here.

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Oct 6, 2021

But you all should know that as early as December 2020, she bragged that she was working with Rudy Giuliani and the President to get 'forensic audit,' which, you know, in Detroit, we call that voter suppression tactic, the so-called…

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