“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 recordApril 2, 2009
So you would, if we passed a whole new gun law in the District of Columbia, so new that it said, 'You don't have any more gun laws in the District of Columbia,' would you have to retrain every officer?
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia
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Norton inquires about the implications of new gun laws on officer training.

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