Rashida Tlaib

If the FDA found asbestos, shouldn't that be enough?

I cannot stress enough just how important it is that this committee is used for good.

I mean, wow. Like, I am just--you know, I've only been here a year, but I'm just so taken aback that my colleagues don't even see it.

That is our job, to protect the public.

How much money, millions and billions of dollars, did Johnson & Johnson make in poisoning people?

I think it's really hard for me to sometimes sit here and hear folks, you know, kind of be the--the defendant lawyers for the corporations.

This subcommittee will not rest until it has answers to these questions. It's what the American people and public health deserve.

These FDA folks, they're not Republicans or Democrats.

To me, this is a form of discrimination.

It is not right to focus everything on this one particular study.

We're going to go in there, we're going to impeach the President.

Today, I am representing the Congressional Progressive Caucus in our Special Order so that we can push forward on a number of agendas, especially on economic justice issues. I am really proud to join many of my colleagues today as we talk…

The whole purpose of Dodd-Frank was so that we don't have another downturn, an economic recession that led to predatory practices by these big banks.

As you know, my district is the third-poorest congressional district in the country, and the economic recession devastated my district.

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

These are bankers... but they should be treated the same way as any criminal on the street.

We said we have to push back because it is increasing the cycle of poverty.

My district is the third-poorest congressional district. We are literally front-line communities for these payday lenders.

So yes or no. Do you believe that if nicotine levels were capped at non-addictive or minimal-addictive levels that it would help decrease youth use?

All right. Thank you so much. I yield the rest of my time, Mr. Chair.

Similarly, if nicotine salts were banned, would that help decrease youth use?

Do you believe that if nicotine levels were capped at non-addictive or minimal-addictive levels that it would help decrease youth use?

So nicotine salts as well?

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…

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.