“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
“I’d be worried about a massive economic slowdown. You know, the impact of Wall Street on Main Street, and I’d be worried about job losses.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”

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On the recordMarch 7, 2023
It was great to see the recent $8.4 billion in wildfire investments in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act.
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Alex Padilla
Democratic · California
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Padilla emphasizes the significance of recent wildfire investment funding.

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