“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 24, 2021
The current data infrastructure is not allowing for race and ethnicity to be collected.
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Ben Ray Luján
Democratic · New Mexico
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Lujan points out flaws in data collection affecting resource allocation.

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