“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 17, 2013
Communities obviously are driven by tax revenue from development and real estate development and therefore there is that incentive.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii
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Hirono highlights the conflict between development incentives and disaster risk.

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