“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 recordMarch 8, 2021
Oh, I had little doubt that we were going to get this done because all of the Democrats voted to use the reconciliation process.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii
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Hirono expresses confidence in the Democrats' ability to pass the reconciliation bill.

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