“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 4, 1994
But I think there is a real problem here. And that is since you come from a State with a large immigrant population as well, that you have to avoid cost shifting. We talk about unfunded mandates. We don't want to just cost-shift a huge cost on the States and cities. And the courts, as you recall, in Plyler versus Doe, has a requirement that we provide education, even to illegal immigrants. So I think there has to be some balance in this approach, and I think we have to have a standard for citizenship as well.
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Susan Molinari
New York
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Discussing the implications of welfare access for noncitizens during a debate.

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May 4, 1994

No time limit? Ten, fifteen, twenty years? If they need the flexibility you are talking about, your bill gives them that flexibility.

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May 4, 1994

So you do believe we should have a standard for citizenship. You do believe we should establish and insist on paternity. You do believe we should establish time limits. Mr. McCurdy, on the basis of what we have heard tonight, you appear to…

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Thank you, Mr. Moderator. Mr. McCurdy, do you believe in establishing time limits for individuals to get off welfare? Mr. McCURDY. I do. I support the President's proposal. There ought to be a 2-year time limit.

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But, in fact, we have an alarming rate in nonwelfare society as well. And within the bill, there is nothing there to really address teenage pregnancy other than cutting off benefits. Would you not rather join a Democratic proposal to have…

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