“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 recordJune 17, 2009
My concern, again, is that it is basically advisory and it has no power to carry out corrective actions.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey
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Menendez expresses concern about the oversight council's lack of power to enforce corrective actions.

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