“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 recordApril 11, 2013
I think Washington has been ignoring that we have a major--government has been through years and years of furloughs, and we can learn some lessons from them.
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Sam Farr
Democratic · California
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Editor's note · Context

Farr emphasizes the need to learn from state experiences with budget cuts and furloughs.

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