“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
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On the recordMarch 9, 2009
The EDA grant was very important, Mr. Chairman, because when a historic structure burns you just can't slap some bricks back up there.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia
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Norton discusses the necessity of careful restoration after a historic structure's damage.

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