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Rashida Tlaib (D)

House District 13

Phone: 2022255126 Email: Website: https://tlaib.house.gov Address: 1628 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC DC 20515-2213

PREVIOUS OCCUPATION

U.S. Rep. TLAIB is an attorney and former member of the Michigan House from 2009 through 2014. In her second term, she currently serves on the House Committee on Financial Services and the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.  

Prior to her election to the U.S. House, Tlaib served as an advocate with the Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice.  

She was the first Muslim woman to ever serve in the state legislature and rose to the level of Minority Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Committee.  Upon her election in 2018, she earned the honor of becoming the first Muslim woman ever elected to Congress.  

EDUCATION

B.A., Wayne State University; J.D., Thomas M. Cooley Law

PERSONAL

Tlaib is the mother of two boys, and is the daughter of Palestinian immigrants.  She was born and raised in Detroit.  

COMMITTEES

Financial Services

   - Subcommittee Assignments

• Oversight and Investigations
• Housing Community Development and Insurance
• Consumer Protections and Financial Institutions

Oversight & Government Reform

   - Subcommittee Assignments

• Economic and Consumer Policy
• Environment (VC)

DATE OF BIRTH

7/24/1976

DISTRICT OFFICES 

Detroit

(313) 463-6220

CAUCUSES

Auto Caucus

Black Maternal Healthcare Caucus

Congressional Progressive Caucus

Democratic Women's Caucus

Free Syria Caucus

Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Legislative Caucus

Historically Black Colleges & Universities Caucus

House Manufacturing Caucus

LGBT Equality Caucus

Medicare for All Caucus

Pro-Choice Caucus

Small Brewers Caucus

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