“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 9, 2025
He said he would re-examine them, and he seemed to understand the concerns that I was raising about what it would mean for very important ongoing biomedical research, including clinical trials.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine
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Collins discussed her conversation with RFK Jr. regarding cuts to NIH funding.

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