“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 24, 1994
I would like to clarify a position. The gentleman is the sponsor of a bill, H.R. 4114, on which I am a cosponsor and all the members of the Congressional Black Caucus are cosponsors, and there are in all more than a hundred cosponsors, and I would like to ask him if he would just clarify for us the similarities and the differences between H.R. 4114 and this amendment. Basically I see a lot of similarities. I just would like to hear him clarify if there are any differences.
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Major Owens
New York
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Requesting clarification on the similarities and differences between H.R. 4114 and an amendment during a floor debate.

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