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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· May 15, 2023

As we head towards artificial general intelligence and the impact that will have and the power of that technology, I think we need to treat that as seriously as we treat other very powerful technologies.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· May 15, 2023

AI truly is a game-changing tool, and we need to get the regulation of this tool right.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· May 15, 2023

I think that, based on what I'm hearing today, don't you think that we're probably going to need to do a heck of a lot more than to focus on what use AI is being used for?

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· May 15, 2023

I can't envision or imagine right now what kind of a licensing scheme we would be able to create to pretty much regulate the vastness of this game-changing tool.

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Steve Marshall
@stevemarshall· AL· May 9, 2023

When we have this radical transformation of energy policy not dictated by the body in which you sit, but instead by global elites, then there is not the opportunity to debate what are the consequences of those decisions.

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Steve Marshall
@stevemarshall· AL· May 9, 2023

This is a question about whether those with outsized influence, as a result of the assets in which they manage, have the ability to dictate public policy.

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Steve Marshall
@stevemarshall· AL· May 9, 2023

There is a great push by ESG proponents to have corporations take policy decisions about societal issues that are occurring today.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· May 1, 2023

I am working with my colleagues to ensure that the Compacts of Free Association for the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, and the Federated States of Micronesia are in place before financial support begins to expire at the end of…

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Apr 26, 2023

Why wouldn't you include minority owned businesses as underserved in the underserved group?

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Apr 26, 2023

Okay. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think you should think about including race and gender as factors.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Apr 26, 2023

So, I understand that you do have some legal concerns, but when we are talking about wanting to expand access to capital for minority owned businesses, that speaks--that says to me, you obviously have information relating to black owned…

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Apr 26, 2023

Why wouldn't you include minority owned businesses as underserved in the underserved group?

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Apr 26, 2023

The agency under the Obama Administration... determined that using class, race, and gender as a differentiator would not be considered Constitutional.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Apr 26, 2023

I take it that the concerns being expressed by my colleagues regarding these new rules also have to do with whether or not there are enough protections in the new rules to guard against fraud.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Apr 25, 2023

I would like to know whether you have any data on hispanic owned businesses, Asian-American businesses.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Apr 25, 2023

Why wouldn't you include minority owned businesses as underserved in the underserved group?

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Apr 25, 2023

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I take it that the concerns being expressed by my colleagues regarding these new rules also have to do with whether or not there are enough protections in the new rules to guard against fraud.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Apr 25, 2023

I think you should think about including race and gender as factors.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Apr 25, 2023

The Dobbs decision did unleash a torrent of uncertainty throughout the United States.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Apr 25, 2023

And that is exactly where we are today, as far as I'm concerned, that women in this country, persons are not able to make free choices about their bodies, and what--what, to be forced to have a child is probably the most freedom-taking…

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Apr 25, 2023

I think to expect that doctors and hospital personnel will risk losing their license or being held criminally liable, that is something that--that is a risk that I would say a lot of doctors and others wouldn't want to take.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Apr 25, 2023

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Dr. Skop says that Ms. Zurawski's doctors misinterpreted Texas law which criminalizes abortion.

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Xavier Becerra
@xavierbecerra· Democratic · CA· Apr 25, 2023

If Henry Ford had seen this in his plant, he would never have become rich and famous. This is not the way you do an assembly line.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Apr 19, 2023

One of the other things that President Biden has said is that he wanted to make sure that people in disadvantaged communities are able to benefit from the job opportunities and to reduce pollution from the national transition to clean…

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