“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.”
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On the recordJuly 30, 2013
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 96, line 9, strike ``(in addition to the $400,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading that became available October 1, 2013), and'' and insert ``, of which $400,000,000 was previously appropriated under this heading to be available October 1, 2013; and in addition,''. Mr. LATHAM (during the reading). Madam Chair, I ask unanimous consent to dispense with the reading. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Iowa? There was no objection. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Iowa is recognized for 5 minutes.
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