“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 recordFebruary 10, 2011
What strikes me about the Commission's report, moving on to that, is that this disaster could have been prevented.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii
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Hirono emphasizes the preventability of the disaster and calls for accountability.

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