Quotes from Rashida Tlaib

How long do we have to keep fighting for affordable prescription drugs?

Trump's pardon of Arpaio may not get as much attention as Russian influence or Trump's apparent obstruction of justice in the Mueller investigation. But to me, as a woman of color, it is a clear abuse of power for the U.S. president to pardon a sheriff who targeted people for arrest because of their ethnicity.

I have fought so heavily against corporate tax breaks, especially because I've seen our schools in Detroit close down.

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.

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

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.

I don't want our right to be able to speak and dissent to be taken away.

My dad grew up in Nicaragua in his teenage years, then immigrated to the United States.

Confrontational or not, my approach to public service has always been fighting for my families.

I think social media brings another dynamic to running for office so publicly.

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

Scrap metal theft costs our state countless dollars in stolen public and private property.

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

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

From capitalizing housing trust funds, which allow low-income people to obtain grants to fix up and stay in their homes, to creating job training programs in schools, these are the kinds of economic stimuli that will give families the opportunity to thrive.

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.

Big money has hijacked our politics.

Allowing workers' compensation for all injured workers is a better system than allowing people to be part of a black market of undocumented workers.

We continue to see our elected officials working extra hard to create a 'good climate for business' that leads to disinvestment in public infrastructure and tax incentives to the detriment of cities, while enriching private business and further entrenching poverty. And our cities are told by legislators to use their bootstraps to survive.

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.

I'll do everything I can to ensure the Clean Water Act is enforced here in Michigan, and I'll work to ensure everyone in Michigan has access to safe, affordable water, regardless of where they live.

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

I take a very different approach to public service. I'm a person that always takes it out in the streets and in the courts... the tool box that is attached to me is very diverse.

I went to a predominantly African-American school. I didn't even understand our immigration system. I knew my parents immigrated here.