Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib

This bill is an act of violence against our communities. At a time of extreme income and wealth inequality, while 60% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, this budget is absolutely devastating for the working families we represent.

On today's Democratic Daily Download, @RepRashida explains how Trump's Big Ugly Law betrays our communities: Ripping away health care and food for families all to give tax breaks to billionaires.

“It’s not only cruel, it’s deadly.” Freedom Flotilla activists are sailing to Gaza as Israel bans Palestinians from entering the sea. AJ+ spoke with @huwaidaarraf, one of the organizers on board the Handala.

Five years since we lost Congressman John Lewis, our leader in the fight for justice. He taught us to never stay silent about the things that matter. Real change does not come from those in power, it comes when the people rise up and demand it, just like he did.

Breonna Taylor should be with us today. She would have just turned 32. This decision is an insult to her memory and her loved ones. Her life mattered. Black lives matter. We must dismantle these systems of white supremacy that kill our neighbors and treat them as disposable.

We’re seeing the highest number of measles cases in over 30 years. This is what happens when officials politicize public health. Our children must get vaccinated to prevent measles cases.

Starvation is being used as a weapon in Gaza. At least 66 children have starved to death. Israeli forces are blocking aid, shooting hungry Palestinians, and turning Gaza into a killing field, with full backing from the Trump Administration. This is a war crime.

Our country is obsessed with war. Every year, Congress votes to invest in death and destruction instead of health care, housing, clean air and water, or ending child poverty here at home. I will not vote to send another $831.5 billion to the Pentagon.

Kicking 17 million Americans off their health care wasn’t enough for Republicans. Now they want to cut funding for PBS and NPR, reproductive health, refugee programs and more.

In 2024, nearly HALF of corporate $$$ in federal elections came from crypto companies. Today's industry-friendly crypto bills lack basic consumer protections, expose our economy to profound risks, and fail to address President Trump’s staggering crypto corruption. I voted NO.

Congress will give billionaires and corporations trillions of $$$ in tax breaks. They will invest trillions in war and death. But tell us we can't keep children out of poverty and homelessness? This is what Dr. MLK called "spiritual death."

So-called "shadow banks" helped cause the 2008 financial crisis. So why is Congress working to expand shadow banking—via stablecoins—w/ the GENIUS Act? If Walmart and Amazon can issue their own stablecoins, this creates a tremendous concentration of commercial and financial risk.

The federal minimum wage has been $7.25 an hour for the past 16 years. That's an annual salary of $15,080. Starvation wages.

A Trump-appointed judge reversed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s rule that banned medical debt from credit reports. No one chooses to get sick. Medical debt should not exist and should never haunt someone financially.

DOGE was never about waste, it was always about cashing in. It's shameful that the Pentagon is sending another $200 million of our tax dollars to the richest man alive for a chatbot that—less than a week ago—was praising Hitler.

Once again, the far-right Supreme Court is allowing Trump to circumvent Congress and gut the Department of Education. This is an attack on million of kids across every school district in our country.

An American was beaten to death by Israeli settlers backed by the military. Instead of pursuing justice for Sayfollah, our government continues to send billions to prop up the apartheid system that killed him and kills Palestinians like him every day. Arms Embargo Now.

The text of the 14th Amendment is as clear as day: if you are born here, you are a US citizen. Trump and his white nationalist goons cannot, and will not, change that.

So proud of our YouthBuild graduates in Detroit! These students are young leaders who are building up their futures and our city. From repairing homes to earning their certification, they’ve shown what’s possible when we invest in our youth. Detroit is better because of them.