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Rashida Tlaib Quotes
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Rashida Tlaib
American
Politician
Born:
Jul 24
,
1976
Congress
Detroit
Every
Me
People
You
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My God, do we have some of the most amazing people. You won't find stories like ours. You almost feel like, if there's ever a need to tell an American story, just come to Detroit.
Rashida Tlaib
God
You
People
Amazing
Ours
Tell
Find
Some
Detroit
Almost
Feel
Come
Like
Most
Most Amazing
Amazing People
American
Just
Stories
Story
Ever
Need
President Donald Trump is a direct and serious threat to our country.
Rashida Tlaib
Country
President
Our
Threat
Direct
Trump
Donald
Donald Trump
Serious
Mayors, city council members, and legislators come and go, but neighborhoods don't go anywhere.
Rashida Tlaib
Neighborhoods
Members
City
City Council
Council
Come
Come And Go
Go
Legislators
Mayors
Anywhere
My mere existence as a member of Congress as a Palestinian causes a lot of fear, because I'm here as a human being, as an American, that is saying to the world that we exist.
Rashida Tlaib
Saying
Human Being
World
Fear
Congress
Member
Mere
Because
Causes
Exist
Existence
Lot
American
Human
Being
Palestinian
Here
How long do we have to keep fighting for affordable prescription drugs?
Rashida Tlaib
Long
Fighting
How
Affordable
Keep
Prescription
Prescription Drugs
We're going to have more women run for office. We can shift what's going on in Congress.
Rashida Tlaib
Women
Congress
Run
More
Shift
Office
Going
It is so clear that the conservatives in Congress will only settle for a bill that allows the unequal treatment of immigrants, allow them to be shoved around the system with no way to plead their case for relief.
Rashida Tlaib
Will
Congress
Conservatives
Plead
Settle
Way
System
Immigrants
Relief
Case
Only
Allow
Clear
Around
Unequal
Them
Bill
Treatment
Lost in the often-vitriolic national quarrel over immigration reform is any examination of proposed measures that would result in excessive punishment, such as detention and deportation, for the most minor offenses.
Rashida Tlaib
Immigration
Result
National
Lost
Punishment
Immigration Reform
Would
Minor
Detention
Examination
Excessive
Proposed
Over
Most
Quarrel
Reform
Any
Deportation
Measures
No matter how much the private sector crows that corporate tax breaks will lead to more jobs or robust economic activity, such benefits rarely materialize.
Rashida Tlaib
Benefits
Matter
Will
Corporate
Sector
Jobs
Rarely
More
Economic
Economic Activity
Crows
Lead
Robust
How
How Much
Materialize
Private
Private Sector
Tax
Tax Breaks
Breaks
Much
Activity
The emoluments clause is in the Constitution for a reason: We, as Americans, need to know that the president acts in our best interests, not his own self-interest.
Rashida Tlaib
Best
Constitution
Own
President
Our
Best Interests
Clause
Know
Self-Interest
His
American
Interests
Reason
Acts
Need
We are valuable. Detroit and other neighboring communities are places to invest in, not rob.
Rashida Tlaib
Valuable
Other
Neighboring
Invest
Detroit
Rob
Places
Communities
I am for everyone, every single person, Israeli, Palestinian, to have equal access to opportunities, to feel safe where they live, and to really be a genuine partner and a visionary around reaching peace in that region.
Rashida Tlaib
Peace
Opportunities
Partner
Single
Live
Every
Everyone
Visionary
Feel
Safe
Equal
Reaching
Around
Access
Genuine
Am
Single Person
Israeli
Israeli-Palestinian
Person
Where
Region
Really
Palestinian
We have to be a nation of compassion and some sort of humanity when it comes to the treatment of other human beings.
Rashida Tlaib
Humanity
Compassion
Nation
Other
Some
Sort
Human
Human Beings
Beings
Treatment
My dad grew up in Nicaragua in his teenage years, then immigrated to the United States.
Rashida Tlaib
Teenage
Teenage Years
States
His
Years
Up
Grew
Then
Nicaragua
Dad
United
United States
Detroit can't come close to repairing the decades of neglect without addressing the crisis in our neighborhoods. I live in southwest Detroit near Woodmere Cemetery. My neighbors and I deal with the negative impacts of job loss, increased poverty, and pollution every day.
Rashida Tlaib
Day
Every Day
Negative
Job
Poverty
Live
Every
Increased
Neglect
Our
Addressing
Neighborhoods
Crisis
Neighbors
Impacts
Detroit
Come
Without
Deal
Repairing
Loss
Close
Decades
Southwest
Cemetery
Pollution
Near
As a young girl, I watched my mother hand-stitch thobes while sitting on the floor with a lamp at her side. She would make the small designs of flowers and different shapes. Just thinking about it brings up so many memories of my mother and how proud she was of being Palestinian.
Rashida Tlaib
Memories
Mother
Girl
Young
Lamp
Thinking
Side
Would
About
Small
Shapes
She
Make
Proud
How
Up
Sitting
Just
Being
Different
Young Girl
While
Different Shapes
Many
Floor
Palestinian
Her
Watched
Designs
Brings
Flowers
My dad's first-ever real true job was at Ford Motor Company. He was a UAW member.
Rashida Tlaib
Job
Member
He
True
Ford
Real
Motor
Company
Dad
I remember Congressman Conyers voting against the PATRIOT Act, voting against the Iraq War when it was unpopular to. That tremendous amount of courage that comes with that kind of leadership, I mean, that's what we need.
Rashida Tlaib
War
Leadership
Courage
Remember
Voting
Tremendous
Tremendous Amount
Kind
Unpopular
Iraq
Iraq War
Patriot
Patriot Act
Against
Mean
Act
Congressman
Amount
Need
I believe that we shouldn't be supporting any form of aid towards countries that are killing people that are innocent.
Rashida Tlaib
People
Innocent
Believe
Aid
Towards
Supporting
Countries
Any
Form
We send a lot of money - I don't know, I think it's in billions - of money to the Saudi government. We have so much tremendous leverage as the United States of America, but we seem to choose to look away when there's other interests at play.
Rashida Tlaib
Government
Money
Think
Other
Tremendous
States
Seem
Know
Look
Lot
America
Send
Much
Interests
Choose
Billions
United
Away
United States
Play
United States Of America
Saudi
Leverage
To me, I know that if we could pass the Civil Rights Act of '64 over 50 years ago, then we can pass Justice for All Civil Rights Act. We can pass Medicare for All.
Rashida Tlaib
Me
Justice
Rights
Civil
Civil Rights
Civil Rights Act
Could
Over
Know
Pass
Years
Years Ago
Then
Act
Medicare
People across metro Detroit face discrimination every day in housing, employment, insurance - the list goes on. It might not always be explicit and in your face, but my residents know when they're being mistreated.
Rashida Tlaib
Day
Every Day
People
Face
Every
Detroit
Know
Employment
Mistreated
Housing
Insurance
Always
Metro
Discrimination
Goes
List
Being
Explicit
Might
Across
Your
Residents
Serving in the U.S. Congress is about much more than voting on bills. It is about taking on the corporate bullies that taint our democratic process and pushing back when the system is broken.
Rashida Tlaib
Broken
Voting
Congress
Back
Our
Corporate
System
About
More
Pushing
Taking
Democratic
Democratic Process
Bullies
Than
Process
Much
Bills
Serving
I'm constantly working, and I've earned everything that I've been able to achieve on my own, and that's what being the eldest of 14 taught me.
Rashida Tlaib
Me
Achieve
Own
Earned
Everything
Constantly
Able
My Own
Been
Taught
Being
Eldest
Working
I went to Detroit Public Schools: Harms Elementary, Bennett, which is now called Phoenix Academy. This is all in Southwest Detroit. I graduated from Southwestern High School, so I'm a 'Prospector,' which is what we used to call each other.
Rashida Tlaib
School
Public Schools
Other
Bennett
Phoenix
High
High School
Detroit
Academy
Schools
Call
Southwest
Graduated
Which
Public
Used
Each
Elementary
Now
We must stop tax giveaways to rich corporations and developers while our schools are crumbling and people are losing their homes.
Rashida Tlaib
People
Losing
Rich
Our
Corporations
Must
Developers
Crumbling
Schools
Stop
Tax
While
Homes
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