“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 recordFebruary 5, 2020
We appreciate all the work that you did in the authorization on that because that gives us a wonderful opportunity to talk about how I need a bigger topline number to work on all these programs.
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Betty McCollum
Democratic · Minnesota
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McCollum discusses the need for a larger budget to support various programs.

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