“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 recordApril 6, 2014
I think our challenge is going to be for some of our colleagues on the floor to explain why we would have Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife expending funds internationally.
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Betty McCollum
Democratic · Minnesota
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McCollum discusses the need to justify international funding for conservation efforts.

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