“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 recordJune 23, 2021
When you want to talk rivers and things like that, fine. But every drop of water that falls on somebody's roof... does not belong to the United States.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California
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Editor's note · Context

Garamendi argues against federal control over all water sources, emphasizing local agricultural needs.

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