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.
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…
Since 2016, we have seen a 30 percent increase in HUD properties failing inspections.
I am very concerned about Dr. Carson and this Administration's move to try to make it impossible for people to prove housing discrimination.
Under Ben Carson, more families live in HUD housing that fails health and safety inspections
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.
We are probably the frontline community of why MDIs are really critically important.
I think there are a lot of my colleagues, especially this new class, who understand corporate greed is a disease in our country.
There is a growing bipartisan consensus throughout our country that incarcerating so many of our neighbors, our people, and for-profit bail is a significant part of that problem.
But I would just leave with all of you, my 14-year-old son, he says, Mom, what about peopleism? Do peopleism. Put people before profits.
Corporate interest, corporate greed is tainting our democracy in a way that it drives away some of my colleagues to have the political courage to do something.
We can't even get a transparent comprehensive investigation like what happened with Flint.
Corporate disease--corporate greed is a disease in our country and it is killing our people.
It is. When a physician cannot mention that one option for her patient is abortion, that is a gag rule.
That is a personal philosophical and religious decision. That is not a medical distinction, and that is not something that Congress should be involved in.
In 2014, a woman giving birth in Detroit was three times more likely to die in childbirth than the rest of the country.
We need to be unequivocal about calling these laws out for what they are, sinister attempts to interfere with a woman's right to make her own personal health choices and decisions.
The Illinois Reproductive Health Act ensures coverage for abortion care and updates clinic regulations to lift that burden from abortion providers.





