“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 3, 1994
Frankly, I think this is maybe one way of cleansing this process. I think maybe the openness provided by the avenue that the gentleman has brought to the floor, the A to Z process, is one that might overall help the entire structure. I am not against the committee structure. I am not against the process that goes on there. I am sure nobody here is. However, sometimes I think we might need just a little kick, maybe a little oil in the system, and this is one of those things I think that brings on another light and helps the process. Maybe in the end it will help the committee process be more efficient, be more attendant to the things that really concern America, concern this country, and not sit in a corner ready to be forgotten about and in fact collect dust. I would just suggest that this is a way, this process is a way, to maybe make the whole system work better.
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Joseph Knollenberg
Republican · Michigan
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Discussing the need for reform in the committee structure during a floor debate.

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