“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 3, 1994
think-tank experts say the economy is getting strong. Let us check this out. Armco cut 1,000 jobs; Apple cut 2,500 jobs; General Electric dropped 5,000 workers. At Builders Emporium, 4,900 lost their jobs; AT&T dropped 4,000; at Johnson & Johnson, 3,000 lost their jobs; at Delta, 3,000; and at Continental, 3,000. At United Technologies, 11,000 lost their jobs; at McDonnell-Douglas, 9,000; Boeing, 2,400; at IBM, 3,500; at General Motors, 50,000; at Sears, 50,000; and at Kodak & Eastman, 400,000. I have one question, Mr. Speaker. If this is all happening and all these jobs are being created, who is doing the hiring? Dr. Kevorkian? Ronald McDonald? I think it is Uncle Sam. I would like to say one thing about these experts, Mr. Speaker. I think none of these experts ever stood in an unemployment line. Mr. Speaker, it is time for Congress to deal with the real four-letter word--jobs.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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The speaker critiques the state of the economy and job losses despite claims of economic strength.

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