Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Tlaib

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
Rashida Tlaib

I'm so much of a proud Detroiter.

Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Tlaib

I love being a mom.

Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Tlaib

Voters will never wonder where I stand on an issue or if I will be there when needed. I will be side by side with them as we fight back against the Trump agenda together.

Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Tlaib

Historically marginalized populations have already had less access to wealth and credit building opportunities, and the continued use of credit histories to set auto insurance pricing compounds racial discrimination and exacerbates wealth inequality.

Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Tlaib

The first thing I think about when somebody says you're going to be the first Muslim is celebrate this moment.

Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Tlaib

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
Rashida Tlaib

I was the third parent, growing up, and it did make me a very overly responsible adult.

Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Tlaib

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
Rashida Tlaib

President Donald Trump is a direct and serious threat to our country.

Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Tlaib

We demand Congress access and publicly release Donald Trump's tax returns!

Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Tlaib

We must stop tax giveaways to rich corporations and developers while our schools are crumbling and people are losing their homes.

Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Tlaib

Big money has hijacked our politics.

Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Tlaib

I'm just this girl that grew up in southwest Detroit.

Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Tlaib

I really am focused on making sure we're doing everything we can so every single person in our country... has the right to thrive... and live in a just and equitable society.

Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Tlaib

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
Rashida Tlaib

Detroit can become a national model for urban revitalization, but to do so, it must break free from past development models.

Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Tlaib

Old models of development simply seek to lure business with substantial tax breaks and then hope (and pray) that economic benefits will trickle down to residents. It has not worked for our city in the past, and it will not work for the future city that we all hope want to see.

Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Tlaib

Trump has created an atmosphere wherein my sons are questioning their place and identity as Arab Americans and Muslims.

Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Tlaib

I still remember, at the age of 12, learning that segregation had been permitted only a couple of decades before I was born and that a woman's right to vote was not even a century old. But it was great Americans who stood up, some dying for the cause, to make our country better.