“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 recordMarch 19, 2009
I certainly understand the District of Columbia numbers. I am not quite sure I understand the great discrepancy from suburban Maryland to Northern Virginia.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia
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Editor's note · Context

Norton questions the disparity in GSA lease allocations between regions.

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