“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 recordMay 4, 2009
There is a terrible cobweb. You can't break into it and break somebody out of it. Everything has to happen at one time.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia
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Norton discusses the interconnectedness of economic recovery efforts across all states.

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