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.
It is very clear to many of the people that live there, including some of the Israeli citizens have, what, came out and opposed Netanyahu very forcefully, that enough, enough with this kind of discrimination and racism.
They are engaging me now, finally, after four months of me sending letters, with colleagues, talking about home demolitions, talking about the attack on Palestinians living in Israel.
I believe I am actually the second, but I am the only Palestinian-American Member of Congress now, and my mere existence has disrupted the status quo. This is so personal for me. I am a reminder to colleagues that Palestinians do, indeed…
This bill is critically important to our families across the country. I am proud that this bill includes a provision that I have introduced the past two sessions of Congress, the Consumer Protection for Medical Debt Collection Act. Nearly…
Well, I cannot help but think that if the FBI and Department of Justice used even a fraction of the resources that are dedicated explicitly, you know, toward what they call 'black identity extremism,' and the secretive Operation Iron Fist…
We must include our brothers and sisters in the U.S. territories and make their fights our own as well.
Congress, I believe, has a duty to the 3.5 million people of the U.S. territories, to undue the separate and unequal status quo...
This is not some movement that just came about. It came about because, you know, state-funded violence killed their children.
We are a country that likes to believe we have moved away or moved beyond separate but equal...
If the FBI was proactively engaged enough that the agency tried to discourage extremists from traveling to D.C. on January 6, they were clearly concerned about the potential for violence at the National Capitol.





