“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 recordMay 5, 1994
Let me assure the gentleman there is no attempt in this vote, none of us would support this bill if it interfered with the right of peaceful assembly. Indeed, it has been gone over with a fine-tooth comb. Everyone has said that the constitutionality is quite secure here. None of us is attempting to interfere in any way with the right of peaceful assembly. It is the organized terrorism and the fear and harassment of people going about their daily lives, breaking no laws, that we are trying to stop here today.
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Louise Slaughter
New York
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Defending a bill aimed at addressing organized terrorism and harassment during House floor debate.

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