Rashida Tlaib

That is why I am so incredibly proud of the work I am doing with Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur on the Restoring Communities Left Behind Act.

We can't demolish our way out of the housing affordability crisis if we are going to build back better.

We all truly believe housing is infrastructure.

I remember the shock and anger I felt by the use of that tactic was outrageous, and I also remember rallying with you, Chairman Grijalva, as tribal leaders and Native youth came to our Capitol lawn that summer, and I said I would stand…

We need to prioritize books in schools over bombs and submarines.

This education gap which begins with access to early childhood education is one of the biggest reasons that women of color make less than both White men and women on average.

I think it's critically important, and I sincerely appreciate it.

We also can't claim to support self-determination and democracy and oppose D.C. Statehood.

I think it's important to note that D.C. Statehood should not be a partisan issue.

This represents an extraordinary violation of a democratic principle America claims to represent.

D.C. residents have no vote on the Federal laws that govern them.

I have seen firsthand in my district, which is the third-poorest in the nation, how the lack of diversity among corporate leadership and within the financial services industry primarily has directly impacted and harmed my residents.

I know that we have to go beyond just diversity in a sense, in the lens of people thinking that just putting our bodies into the room is enough.

Aren't their retirements at a higher risk because we don't require private equity firms to make the same disclosures as publicly traded companies?

Is it true they do not have to share data on whether they are promoting racial equity and diversity?

Is it true that private equity firms don't have to share data on their climate risks?

Workers in our Nation deserve human dignity. That means the right to fight for safety and fairness in the workplace, as residents in my district know this all too well because we birthed the labor rights movement. One of the most important…

It is about government taking the role of really trying to reverse decades of discriminatory policy and turn homeownership from a possibility to an actual reality for so many of our communities.

I have introduced the Restoring Communities Left Behind Act, and I would ask everybody on the panel to really take a look at it.

When commercial banks shut out Black and Brown people from lending, they are not just closing a door on homeownership.

I think that is critically important in this real conversation.

I really do appreciate the leadership of our Chairman.

I couldn't agree more.

The sooner we realize that our fates are all connected and that nobody will be spared by our climate inaction, the sooner we can pass laws like the Insular Area Climate Change Act that take real steps to protect our most vulnerable…

I am really just--and bear with me, Chairman. I really want to show just how connected it is, that we can't allow communities to continue to fail like this.