100 Quotes by Rashida Tlaib

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

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

Big money has hijacked our politics.

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

We're going to have more women run for office. We can shift what's going on in Congress.

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.

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.

Concern for 'national security' has introduced unprecedented insecurity to living in the United States as a legal permanent resident.

I have had the fortunate privilege of serving as a state representative for residents in the great cities of Detroit, River Rouge, and Ecorse.