Rashida Tlaib

I asked in protest, where are the women.

No, they want to control us.

One of the things I think folks do not understand is that being poor can--you can die from being poor. It kills.

I represent the third poorest congressional district in the country, and nearly one-third of the transgender people in Michigan, 30 percent, are living in poverty.

I want to really emphasize that, you know, oil refineries will be one of the greatest sources of pollution.

If people really want to see the real-life impacts of regressive environmental standards, they look no further than my district.

The human body needs clean air, clean water to survive, regardless of who you voted for in the last election.

Toxic chemicals in the air don't care if you are a Republican or a Democrat.

It is only a surprise that more states haven't joined them.

So when cars are more fuel efficient that means they use less gas, and when cars use less gas it is not the auto industry that hurts, it is the oil companies.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and let's bring some sunlight in.

Given that there is so much that we do not know about the nature of the communications and relationships between the Trump Administration and industry, what information or documents do you think would help bring forward potential…

Recently, Facebook has taken it a step further by permitting politicians to violate their community standards.

Why haven't you stopped hate groups from using your Events page, and are you endorsing these groups by leaving their Events page up?

And what my residents would ask you is about accountability. How do we make sure? How can we make sure these private market participants are beholden to the American home buyers rather than shareholder profits?

I just strongly disagree with kind of the analysis that you bring forward, and really advise your Department to push back against getting rid of disparate impact, almost making it impossible, Secretary Carson, to bring a housing…

It is really important, especially for families that I represent, that we have easy access to that data because right now it is very frustrating for advocates to be able to show that there is an issue with discrimination.

We need to address that right away because they are frustrated that the purpose of the whole Act and the data--it is kind of setting them back in not having easy access to that information.

I would love to follow up and see if it is accessible to the public.

The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act... is really important to the people I represent at home.

Racial bias in mortgage lending is pretty well-documented.

I feel like there needs to be a better balance in this conversation, in this debate, in this committee.

I am very proud, and with the wonderful support of our Madam Chairwoman here, H.R. 3622, the Restoring Unfairly Impaired Credit and Protecting Consumers Act, which reduces the debt on someone's credit report from 7 years to 4 years.

Not all of us can afford to go to court, folks. We can't afford to find a lawyer. Do you know how distressing that is?

Yes, it is bullying. And they are really dismayed because they are like, 'Well, this is how much I borrowed. Why is it triple the amount?'