Tlaib introduced the Stop Politicians Profiting from War Act to ban members of Congress and their families from owning defense stocks.
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| Rashida Tlaib represents Michigan's 12th District in U.S. Congress. |
It’s incredibly disturbing that children in our country are drinking lead-contaminated water — while the U.S. Congress passed another record-breaking military budget of $895.2 billion. That’s nearly a trillion dollars going to weapons and war, and the Department of Defense can’t even keep track of where it’s all going. The Pentagon just failed its seventh audit in a row.
Even more disturbing is the fact that some members of Congress who own stock in war manufacturers benefit financially when they vote to pass funding for war.
When it comes to the Pentagon budget,
I never hear my colleagues ask, “How are we going to pay for it?” But
when it comes to addressing critical issues here at home, like ensuring
every American has clean drinking water, fighting the climate crisis,
providing universal school meals to every hungry child, ensuring quality
childcare for every family or guaranteeing health care as a human
right, my colleagues tell me that we just don’t have the money.... READ MORE https://www.freep.com/story/opinion/contributors/2025/01/29/rashida-tlaib-federal-budget-war-profiteering-congress-defense-stocks/77854378007/?taid=679a0db8bd13980001f8af50
