“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 14, 2009
I mind someone throwing it in my face that we are saving some money and not showing me the bottom line where the savings are.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia
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Editor's note · Context

Norton expresses frustration over lack of transparency in reported savings.

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