“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 recordJuly 14, 2009
Your work and the work of this committee is why they are at the table at all.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia
Source
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Editor's note · Context

Norton acknowledges the committee's efforts in involving stakeholders.

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