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Fostering Undergraduate Talent By Unlocking Resources for Education Act

Floor Speech

Date: July 22, 2020
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Education

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Ms. TLAIB. Madam Speaker, I rise today to declare loudly and clearly to every Muslim and every African person in Michigan's 13th District, in America, and around the world that the United States House of Representatives is taking action to end this administration's racist ban.

Madam Speaker, I rise to send a message to marginalized communities everywhere that, in repealing the Muslim and African ban, we are also preventing discriminatory bans from ever happening again.

Madam Speaker, I rise as a mother of two wonderful Muslim-American boys, Adam and Yousif, to say that Muslims and Muslim Americans are our family members, our friends, and our neighbors--and, yes, they are Members of Congress.

Madam Speaker, it appears that this White House might not like that fact very much because this racist ban is a Federal endorsement of anti-Muslim rhetoric and discrimination in our country, but today we are coming together to finally put a stop to this.

End the Muslim and African ban.

End all discriminatory bans forever.

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