“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 recordFebruary 18, 2011
This amendment and the underlying bill go in precisely the wrong direction. We should be talking about strengthening the historic reform that we passed last year. We should not be tearing it apart, because we all know that its repeal will leave millions out in the cold, stripping them of access to affordable health care; and it will cost small businesses the incentives and the tax breaks that they would get. It all goes in the wrong direction. The majority claims to believe in cutting government spending above all else; yet the CBO has concluded that, over a 10-year period, up to 2021, their bill would add $230 billion to the national debt. Now, if you're really serious about reducing our debt, you should have a robust public option. That would save $68 billion.
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Lynn C. Woolsey
California
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Woolsey is addressing concerns about an amendment and its impact on health care reform and national debt.

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