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“I'm tired of just introducing legislation that's just not going to change our lives. It's going beyond that.”
“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 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.”
“I'm not a makeup girl!”
“I want people to feel like they have access to Congress, that they have access to government.”
“To me, I know that if we could pass the Civil Rights Act of '64 over 50 years ago, then we can pass Justice for All Civil Rights Act. We can pass Medicare for All.”
“People across metro Detroit face discrimination every day in housing, employment, insurance - the list goes on. It might not always be explicit and in your face, but my residents know when they're being mistreated.”
“Concern for 'national security' has introduced unprecedented insecurity to living in the United States as a legal permanent resident.”
“We're going to have more women run for office. We can shift what's going on in Congress.”
“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.”
“You know, as a child of Palestinian immigrants, again, every corner of my district is a reminder of the civil rights movement, and I bring that lens, and I try to - you know, many of the Palestinians, they have called me, reached out to me via social media.”
“My dad grew up in Nicaragua in his teenage years, then immigrated to the United States.”
“Obviously, I am a member of Congress, and things that I say are elevated on a national level, and I understand that very clearly.”
“I'm very proud to be of Muslim faith.”
“I have had the fortunate privilege of serving as a state representative for residents in the great cities of Detroit, River Rouge, and Ecorse.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Detroit can become a national model for urban revitalization, but to do so, it must break free from past development models.”
“When we are asked to bail out corporations and banks, or pass tax bills that shift billions in public dollars out of government, we must ask ourselves, who were we truly sent here to advocate for?”
“I believe that we shouldn't be supporting any form of aid towards countries that are killing people that are innocent.”