100 Quotes by Rashida Tlaib

Mayors, city council members, and legislators come and go, but neighborhoods don't go anywhere.

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.

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.

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

There are proven health benefits for both babies and mothers who breastfeed, and it's unfortunate that it still carries an unfair stigma in our society.

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

We have to be a nation of compassion and some sort of humanity when it comes to the treatment of other human beings.

Resources and money can change people's lives today, where legislation can take years - up to 10, 15 years sometimes before it really, really impacts people.

Taking on corporate greed is an environmental concern.