“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
That termination doesn't bring us anything. We have it in there because we are the Federal Government.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia
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Norton argues for leveraging lease termination clauses to save government money.

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