Rep. Tlaib: Water Rate Increase
March 25, 2025
March 25, 2025
WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Michigan, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on March 24, 2025:
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Mr. Speaker, water is a human right. We can't live without it, but far too often our government treats it as just another product to be sold.
In Michigan, the Great Lakes Water Authority voted to increase water rates by 5.9 percent and sewage rates by 4.5 percent. They approved these unaffordab . . .
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Mr. Speaker, water is a human right. We can't live without it, but far too often our government treats it as just another product to be sold.
In Michigan, the Great Lakes Water Authority voted to increase water rates by 5.9 percent and sewage rates by 4.5 percent. They approved these unaffordab . . .