“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
Actually, maybe this was just to keep the funds from going beyond certain amounts for each agency.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia
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Norton questions the delegation of funds to agencies.

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