“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 10, 2018
I just wanted folks on the other side of the aisle to know my question did have a $250 million attachment to it of money that, in my opinion, would be wasted.
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Betty McCollum
Democratic · Minnesota
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McCollum criticizes proposed EPA spending as wasteful.

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