“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”
“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.”
“Here is what you need to know: The 2020 election was not stolen; we won and he lost.”

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On the recordFebruary 8, 1994
I am prepared to extend the statute retroactively to make the same law that is operable at the present time, no limitations, no changes, just extend it retroactively. We have the right under the court's decisions to extend the statute retroactively. I am prepared and will tell my staff to present you with a bill before the afternoon is over to extend it retroactively. If you will join with me, I will go to the majority leader, and I would hope you would go to the minority leader, and I think we can pass that piece of legislation--it would be very simple--yet this afternoon.
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Metzenbaum discusses extending a statute retroactively and seeks bipartisan support for legislation.

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