“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 recordDecember 6, 2017
Secretary of Defense Mattis said if we don't fund the State Department fully then we need to buy more ammunition ultimately.
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Adriano Espaillat
Democratic · New York
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congress.gov

Editor's note · Context

Espaillat references Mattis's warning about the consequences of underfunding the State Department.

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