“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 recordJune 21, 2023
I hardly know what to say, because I would think that human rights belong to everyone and that trans rights are human rights.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii
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Hirono emphasizes that human rights, including trans rights, are universal.

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