“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 recordSeptember 22, 2009
I know exactly how this was built. It took me 10 years to get the darn building up.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia
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Editor's note · Context

Norton reflects on the lengthy process of building the facility.

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