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John,
Corporations are raking in record profits while price gouging consumers. Working families are struggling to make ends meet as prices keep rising, while wages do not.
To address our cost-of-living crisis, I’ve introduced an economic justice agenda that addresses grocery store price gouging, auto insurance discrimination, runaway CEO pay, and more. This package of bills will help ensure that working families receive the urgent support they need from the federal government.
Add your name now to demand Congress enact an economic agenda that puts people first—not billionaires, CEOs, and greedy corporations.
Here’s a look at some of the critical bills I’ve introduced this year to address rising costs and stagnant wages:
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Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act
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Cost-of-Living Fairness Act
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Prohibit Auto Insurance Discrimination Act
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Living Wage for Musicians Act
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Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act
In my hometown of Detroit, we pay some of the highest auto insurance rates in the country. But these insurance premiums aren’t based on driving records. They’re based on discriminatory non-driving factors like income and education.
While rent, utilities, and other living expenses are deducted from a household’s income to enable more families to qualify for federal assistance, it’s outrageous that housing and auto insurance are currently not considered as an expense. So I’m trying to change that and ensure that working families receive the support they need from the federal government.
Detroit is also one of the music capitals of the world, from Motown to jazz, hip-hop to techno. While streaming services such as Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon have seen massive growth, and as record labels such as Universal, Warner, and Sony see record profits, musicians are receiving just a fraction of a penny for each of their songs that’s streamed. In fact, a single artist would need to have a song streamed 800,000 times in a month for them to earn a full-time $15 per hour minimum wage job.
Together, we’re fighting back against corporate greed, demanding policies that put low-income and working people first.
Add your name now to my economic justice agenda and demand an economy that works for all of us.
For more information on this critical package of legislation, please take a look below at my message from yesterday. Thank you for being by my side as, together, we hold greedy corporations and CEOs accountable and demand dignity for all.
In solidarity,
Rashida
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From: Rashida Tlaib
Date: Fri, Oct 10, 2025
Subject: Demand Congress enact an affordability and economic agenda that puts people first, not billionaires, CEOs, and greedy corporations
To: [email protected]
John,
We need to make life more affordable. The price of groceries, rent, and auto insurance keeps rising, and so does the poverty rate in Detroit and across the country.
Meanwhile, the minimum wage hasn’t gone up in 16 years, while CEO pay has skyrocketed.
That’s why I’ve introduced an economic justice agenda to address the affordability crisis, help working families make ends meet, and take on corporate greed. Here’s a look at some of the critical bills I’ve introduced this year:
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Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act
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Cost-of-Living Fairness Act
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Prohibit Auto Insurance Discrimination Act
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Living Wage for Musicians Act
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Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act
Join me in demanding Congress enact an economic agenda that puts people first—not billionaires or greedy corporations. Add your name in support of these bills for economic justice.
My Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act would prohibit surveillance pricing in retail food stores; require food stores to disclose the use of facial recognition technology; ban electronic shelf labels in large retail and grocery stores, which can be used to increase prices in moments; and require the Federal Trade Commission to enforce these bans and hold corporations accountable.
My Cost-of-Living Fairness Act would ensure that housing and auto insurance are taken into account when determining eligibility for federal assistance, just like rent and utilities. Average auto and homeowners insurance premiums each cost an average of at least $3,000 a year. By including these expenses in the cost-of-living formula used by the federal government, more people will qualify for urgently needed federal assistance.
My Prohibit Auto Insurance Discrimination Act would stop insurance companies from using economic and racial indicators unrelated to driving when determining auto insurance rates. One’s income, credit score, and education level must not be used to penalize good drivers and keep families with low incomes in a cycle of poverty. Because of these predatory and discriminatory practices, my district’s residents pay some of the highest premiums in the country.
My Living Wage for Musicians Act, crafted in conjunction with United Musicians and Allied Workers (UMAW) as well as local and national artists, would ensure musicians are fairly compensated for their work in this age of streaming music. Spotify made $1.3 billion in profits last year alone, and yet musicians are paid a fraction of a penny―roughly $0.003―when one of their songs is streamed. This bill will also put more money into local economies.
My Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act would take on out-of-control CEO pay while encouraging corporations to pay their workers more fairly. Fifty years ago, CEOs made 20 to 30 times the average pay of their workers. Today, the average CEO at one of the largest companies in the U.S. makes 290 times the average worker. Among the 100 richest companies, the CEO-to-worker pay ratio is 632 times that of the average worker. This bill would put a tax on companies that pay their CEOs 50 times or more that of their workers.
Add your name now and demand Congress enact this economic fairness agenda that holds greedy corporations accountable and puts everyday people first.
Together, we will not stop fighting for an economy where workers and consumers are treated fairly and we’re all able to not just survive, but thrive.
Always serving you,
Rashida
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