“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 recordMay 15, 2020
At least 84,000 people have died in the United States from COVID-19, and almost 40 percent of those deaths are nursing home residents and the valiant workers in those nursing homes. We can and we must do better. The HEROES Act includes $150 million for strike teams in nursing homes struggling with outbreaks, requires public reporting of cases and deaths and PPE availability and testing in nursing homes, prioritizes testing for older Americans. I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes.''
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois
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