“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
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On the recordMay 4, 1994
What I am talking about is the gentleman's non-support of help for working families which makes them more vulnerable to going on welfare.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia
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Addressing support for working families during a debate.

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