“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 9, 2020
small businesses were mad as hell. I was mad as hell. I am sorry to report to you, Madam Chair, that they are still mad as hell.
Said by
Adriano Espaillat
Democratic · New York
Source
congress.gov

Editor's note · Context

Expressing frustration over small businesses' dissatisfaction with the PPP program.

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