Rashida Tlaib
Representative for Michigan · Democratic · United States
“Already we know they increase energy costs by as much as 267 percent. Think about that. Our residents are choking on smog right now from wildfires. This past weekend, we know neighborhoods surrounding Detroit had the worst air quality in the world, and they want to make the climate change crisis even worse.”
“Already we know they increase energy costs by as much as 267 percent. Think about that. Our residents are choking on smog right now from wildfires. This past weekend, we know neighborhoods surrounding Detroit had the worst air quality in the world, and they want to make the climate change crisis even worse.”
“Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 119 (Tuesday, July 21, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 21, 2026)] [House] [Pages H4694-H4695] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] NO DATA CENTERS (Ms.”
“Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 119 (Tuesday, July 21, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 21, 2026)] [House] [Pages H4694-H4695] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] NO DATA CENTERS (Ms.”
“We know that the Department of Defense has already requested $30 billion to build hyperscale data centers. They want untested software to make life-or- death decisions in our U.S. military. These data centers will be built without Clean Air Act permits.”
“We know that the Department of Defense has already requested $30 billion to build hyperscale data centers. They want untested software to make life-or- death decisions in our U.S. military. These data centers will be built without Clean Air Act permits.”
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“Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 72 (Wednesday, April 30, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 30, 2025)] [House] [Page H1764] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF AGENT ORANGE (Ms. TLAIB asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.) Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Speaker, Agent Orange exposure continues to negatively impact the lives of our veterans, Vietnamese people, Vietnamese Americans, and their children. As we mark 50 years after the United States' withdrawal from Vietnam, it is time to meet our moral and legal obligations to heal the wounds inflicted by these atrocities.”
“We must stay engaged and speak truth to power and come together in solidarity to fight for a country that our communities truly deserve that is for the people and by the people, not the powerful. I always remind my residents, Mr. Speaker, that we didn't get the Civil Rights Act or transformative change in our country or the right to organize unions because of what folks do here in this Chamber. It is because the streets demanded it. That is how we got the Civil Rights Act and the right to organize labor unions in our country. Again, continue to rise up and continue to resist this fascist government. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. DesJarlais). Members are reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities toward the President. ____________________”
“Speaker, don't get me going about the environmental protections. They have rolled those back, too. Our children deserve clean water, and they deserve to breathe clean air. They are showing, again, a reckless disregard for our planet and our public health. Yet in the face of this harmful and oppressive agenda, we have seen power in the resistance not only through litigation but in the streets. Americans have mobilized in unprecedented numbers from protests to townhalls across our Nation. Our communities are organizing, Mr. Speaker, not only to fight back against these harmful policies but to build a better and more inclusive future. Now is not the time to give in to cynicism.”
“Instead of gutting healthcare and Medicaid and food assistance in our public school system, Congress should make the ultrarich pay more taxes and make these programs work better for the people. Mr. Speaker, 60 percent of working families are living paycheck to paycheck. Working families are worried about paying their rent, covering the costs of groceries, and what they are going to do if they get sick. No one plans to get sick, Mr. Speaker. Trump's proposed tax plan only benefits the richest Americans. It is a true fact; look at it. Even powerful corporations are going to see a big tax break. He plans on giving $7 trillion, not millions or billions, in tax cuts to billionaires while making working families pay for them by cutting $880 billion from Medicaid and $230 billion from food assistance. Mr.”
“The President has relied on executive orders to push through illegal and divisive policies that circumvent this Congress. He has empowered an unelected billionaire like Elon Musk to fire Federal workers without cause and dismantle the programs our families depend on. That is probably why they are losing in court. We are winning in 93 percent of these courts because, again, much of what he is doing is illegal. President Trump has attempted to override the Constitution through executive order to end birthright citizenship, deport American citizens without due process, including a 4-year-old with cancer, and he has openly defied Supreme Court orders. This is a constitutional crisis; that is a fact. We don't need to be cutting services and critical programs for our families. We need to make them work better for our families.”
“Access to utilities is not a privilege; it is a fundamental human right. Every single family should have access to electricity, heat, and water. We need public power to all. We need utilities that serve people, not shareholders. We need to take the profit motive out of the services we all need to live and thrive on. President Trump's First 100 Days Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Speaker, it is hard to believe that it has only been 13 weeks. President Trump's first 100 days in office have eroded constitutional rights, illegally and lawlessly dismantled Federal agencies, and consolidated power into the hands of the billionaire class. I like to describe it not as shameful, lawless, and reckless, which it is all those things, but it is also the cruelty of how it is being done.”
“Speaker, in the Nation, while they have some of the most unreliable service and they perform hundreds of thousands of utility shutoffs per year. The company made $1.4 billion last year alone. Their CEO made $12.5 million last year. Investor-owned utilities like DTE will always put profits over the people they are supposed to serve. [[Page H1739]] These are companies that don't see providing us power as essential to our daily lives. We are just another account number to them. Now DTE is seeking another massive $574 million rate hike. It is important to note, Mr. Speaker, that it was just a few months ago that the Michigan Public Service Commission approved a $217 million rate hike back in January. The Michigan Public Service Commission must do the right thing and reject this outrageous, unreasonable rate increase.”
“Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 72 (Wednesday, April 30, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 30, 2025)] [House] [Pages H1738-H1739] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] DTE RATE INCREASE (Ms. Tlaib of Michigan was recognized to address the House for 5 minutes.) Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Speaker, here we go again. DTE wants another rate hike, 11 percent this time. Our families can't afford more power outages in Michigan that wipe out groceries, spoil medicine, and leave our neighbors without critical medical devices, all because DTE would rather pad the pockets of their shareholders and executives than invest in reliability for our families. We know that DTE charges some of the highest rates, Mr.”
“Again, these are credit card companies that you all are hollering about right now. I wish you would do that for people who are sick and can't afford their diabetes medicine or those who are struggling right now with wage theft in their workplace. These are all things that we could actually be fighting for right now for our families, like the rising cost of groceries, but instead we are wasting time advocating on behalf of credit card companies, not the people who we represent.”
“Now my colleagues right here want to overturn the rule that prevents the biggest banks--think about this, this is not like small banks, this is the biggest banks--from exploiting, shamefully targeting the American people. I know overturning this rule will cost $5 billion annually. That averages about $225 per household that would have to pay the overdraft fees that many of these folks put business plans together on. Credit card late fees, Mr. Speaker, also widen the racial wealth gap. They impact and put a heavy burden on some of the poorest communities, working-class folks. These are frontline workers. Gutting the overdraft rule is a slap in the face of the families, again, who are already struggling to make ends meet. This is raising the costs for families when we don't check corporate greed.”
“Mr. Speaker, I think it is incredibly shameful that my Republican colleagues want to gut the rule that capped most credit card late fees at just $5. Credit card companies over the people we represent, that is what they are choosing with this. Working families, as many of us know, are struggling with rising costs. Mr. Speaker, 60 percent of the residents who we represent live paycheck to paycheck. Did you know when this all came about, it was because our country found out through investigation that credit card companies were building business plans where 50 percent of their profit came from late fees. They basically built a business plan for overdraft fees. That is what they did.”
“We must raise our voices again because we have to defeat this dangerous Republican budget. Again, our residents deserve better.”
“Speaker, because we have systems right in place and institutions have failed our folks, but here we are saying: We are also going to take away your healthcare coverage. Cutting Medicaid, again, is going to be a life-or-death situation for our families, including birthing women. It is a result, of course, we know, of different broken systems. Yet, at this moment, when we know we have a crisis in the mortality rate, we have a crisis of Black maternal health, and we have a crisis in our healthcare system, it is a broken system. It is sick care, not healthcare. Here we are watching, again, folks choose billionaires over the people who elected them. We must raise our voices, and I am glad and so incredibly happy to be serving with my sister in service, Representative Ramirez.”
“As the chair of the Congressional Mamas' Caucus, I need to bring this to light because this is important when we talk about Medicaid. Mr. Speaker, Black Maternal Health Week begins on April 11, and Michigan has one of the highest Black maternal mortality rates in our Nation. Medicaid plays a critical role in supporting maternal health, covering a significant portion of births in our country and providing access to healthcare for pregnant women and postpartum individuals, including prenatal care and postpartum services. Black women, we know, are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than White women. This is absolutely unacceptable. We must address it at the Federal level. Yet, here we are, Mr.”
“The Senator's Republican colleagues in the Senate voted it down, so let's be honest with the American people. If Republicans are going to cut their healthcare, be honest about it. Don't gaslight and try to pretend. Those who rely on Medicaid aren't just a number. They are our neighbors. They are our friends. They are our families. They depend on Medicaid for health services, treatment, and medication that they simply cannot afford due to our broken healthcare system. Make no mistake. Republicans want to give away trillions of dollars, Mr. Speaker, let's be honest, to the richest people in our Nation, like Elon Musk and all of President Trump's friends, and let children and seniors die from the lack of healthcare coverage.”
“Speaker, for families, seniors, and people with disabilities who rely on Medicaid, it is the difference between life and death. Yet, right now, the future of Medicaid is under threat. I have heard many of my Republican colleagues in this Chamber try to gaslight the American people and claim that the budget does not make cuts to Medicaid. Senator Hawley, as we know, just offered an amendment to the same legislation right now that came through this Chamber to strip the $880 billion in Medicaid cuts out of that bill. It was voted down by Members of his own party. The amendment literally said: To strike the section related to reconciliation instructions to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives to cut $880 billion from Medicaid.”
“Mr. Speaker, I am grateful for the leadership of Congresswoman Ramirez, who has led with her own lived experiences and her compassion. She leads with compassion, which I think is sometimes missing here in this Chamber. Mr. Speaker, Republicans are advancing, as we all know, a budget that includes $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid to pay for tax breaks for billionaires. These are folks who do not fully understand what it means to live paycheck to paycheck. Mr. Speaker, 60 percent of our residents in our country live paycheck to paycheck. Just so we are clear, the $880 billion cut to Medicaid is the largest Medicaid cut in American history. There are 72 million people who rely on Medicaid for healthcare in our Nation, including 40 percent of people in Speaker Johnson's own district. Mr.”
“JEFFRIES changed his vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.'' So (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and the bill, as amended, was passed. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. Stated for: Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Speaker, had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 89. ____________________”
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“The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Bost) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 411, nays 0, not voting 22, as follows: [Roll No.”
“Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 62 (Monday, April 7, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 62 (Monday, April 7, 2025)] [House] [Pages H1441-H1442] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] VIETNAM VETERANS LIVER FLUKE CANCER STUDY ACT The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 586) to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to study and report on the prevalence of cholangiocarcinoma in veterans who served in the Vietnam theater of operations during the Vietnam era, and for other purposes, as amended, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore.”