“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 recordMarch 8, 2017
The operating tempo has been drastically increased so the number of training days for National Guard soldiers went from 60 to 90.
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Betty McCollum
Democratic · Minnesota
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McCollum discusses the increased training demands on National Guard soldiers.

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