“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 14, 2016
In my own congressional district in St. Paul, I had an electric utility that made the decision to convert from coal to gas.
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Betty McCollum
Democratic · Minnesota
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McCollum discusses local energy transitions from coal to gas in her district.

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