“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 13, 2009
You know these people cannot replace these cars. And you have done your duty over and over again and said, 'Replace those cars.'
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia
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Editor's note · Context

Norton criticizes the failure to heed recommendations for replacing unsafe train cars.

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