John,

When Congress returns to Washington, DC on Tuesday, we’ll have just one month to pass a government funding bill to keep the government running. I have led congressional letters demanding Congress prioritize funding for lead abatement, housing and healthcare for veterans, water as a human right, childcare benefits, and household food safety.

While these investments in our communities have wide support among my colleagues—including bipartisan support in some cases—Republicans have already demonstrated that they are more interested in handing tax breaks to billionaires than investing in our communities.

When they passed their Big Budget Betrayal earlier this summer, they voted to rip healthcare and nutrition away from tens of millions of people while handing massive tax breaks to billionaires and corporations. Then they voted to send billions of taxpayer dollars to the Pentagon and ICE.

Even with Republican control of Congress and the White House, we cannot give up. We must continue to demand a government for the people and by the people—not billionaires.

Add your name now and demand Congress prioritize investments in our communities in the forthcoming 2026 budget, which is being assembled right now.

Across political parties, the American people are asking what our government is doing to make life more affordable. Although the fascist-in-chief ran on a platform of lowering costs for working people, his policies have done the opposite―causing increases in the cost of food and everyday household goods while cutting essential services and programs.

I will never stop fighting for you and critical investments in our communities. That includes holding this administration accountable for its illegal actions and attacks on vulnerable people, and pushing for a Democratic Party and a broader government that actually deliver what the people need—such as universal healthcare and housing.

Thank you for never giving up in our fight for a just society.

In solidarity,

Rashida

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From: Rashida Tlaib
Date: Sat, Aug 30, 2025
Subject: Add your name to tell Congress to prioritize our communities over billionaires
To: [email protected]

John,

We’re just one month away from the expiration of 2025 government funding. That means, when Congress returns to DC after Labor Day weekend, we’ll be finalizing the 2026 budget to be voted on this fall.

While Republicans have shown that they’re willing to slash everything from healthcare to nutrition in order to hand even more tax breaks to billionaires, we’re demanding a government that puts our communities’ needs first.

Click here to add your name and demand Congress invest in our communities with the forthcoming 2026 budget.

Here are some of the priorities that are critical to my constituents, and which I’m demanding Congress include in appropriations bills:

$1.5 billion for Lead Service Line Replacement. These funds would allow states to identify, remove, and replace all lead service lines within the next decade. We’ve doubled the number of supporting Congresspeople since last year.

$500 million for the Low Income Household Water Assistance Program. Funding to help pay off water debts, bills, and other water expenses has expired. It’s urgently needed to keep people connected to safe, clean drinking water.

$600 million for State Veterans Homes. This has bipartisan support and would allow critical investments in long-term and supportive care homes for veterans.

Add your name to tell Congress to advocate for 2026 Appropriations funding for veterans’ housing and clean drinking water—including lead abatement and support with water payments.

Other funding priorities I will never stop fighting for include universal healthcare (including healthcare for veterans), expanded childcare benefits, and household food safety. I’ll continue pushing back against Republicans’ dangerous funding cuts that put our families at risk, and I will continue holding the Trump administration accountable for illegally withholding congressionally allocated funds and illegally dismantling federal agencies.

Together, we’re demanding our government put people first, not corporations or billionaires.

With you in this fight,

Rashida