Rashida Tlaib

I have never gotten this many complaints about our Postal Service until you were in charge.

One of the things that is important, and I worked at a nonprofit organization, I felt like I needed to answer a lot of the questions that were asked by my colleagues because the Census numbers impact even how we look at breast cancer among…

Do I look white to you?

Without updated methods, which we need to update some methods--you know this, it is not just Detroit--many communities because of these policies, it is guaranteed that they will be chronically undercounted.

I grew up in the most beautiful, Blackest city in the country, the city of Detroit.

I think we need a better process because we are a public government entity. We should not act like the for-profit insurance companies.

I want my colleagues to hear this, especially one colleague. I think there could be a bipartisan effort here.

Many of my residents still currently struggle with ongoing emotional toll as well as the cost of flood damage.

DoD's failure to account for and properly oversee its weapons and property funded by taxpayers in my district and across the country is an understatement.

I think over 50 percent of the Pentagon budget is contractors.

It leads to waste. It does, yes. It is about transparency and accountability.

I could be in a room in a town hall in Detroit--and I do not just represent the city of Detroit, I represent some of the suburban communities--this is one of the consistent things they will agree with me on.

I know my colleagues talk to you all about this, but I started the Get The Lead Out Caucus, and we got tremendous bipartisan support.

I want everyone to admit that this is all for corporate profits and that the American people deserve better. These are retirees who worked incredibly hard, and we have to do everything we can to protect their investments. They deserve…

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA, is often hailed as landmark civil rights law or the most important civil rights laws in our country offering a promise of equal education for all of our children with disabilities…

It is devastating when they do get those letters.

Are most improper payments financial fraud or are there other causes at play?

But we do need to talk about timing. Our residents, after they made the mistake and they get the letter in a year, that is not fair.

But they do not hold themselves accountable for it.

I cannot stand them. I do not care if they are billionaires or not, all of them.

I want to talk about the human impact. It is devastating when they--when our residents get that letter.

I appreciate this hearing because, No. 1, we are acknowledging that there is a problem.

The PACE program, yes.

So, applying PACE to all the various Federal programs across the board would result in the same kind of findings of fraud and be able to try to save money for the American people?

It is bizarre. Even today, you know, thinking about the fact that they consistently want to regulate the bodies of women.