“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 recordJuly 28, 2010
I came here to change the ``politics as usual'' approach and to help bring reform. The Attorney General is given the responsibility to report back to Congress with policy recommendations about how best to improve the Lobbying Disclosure Act going forward and about how to make the processing and enforcement seem self-funded. I believe that the taxpayers should not have to shoulder the heavy burden of playing watchdog to this industry and that the creation of a self-sustaining system could be possible. My legislation changes the current disclosure rule that previously prevented the Department of Justice from publishing the name and firm of anyone in violation of the Lobbying Disclosure Act. We will now know the names of the lobbyists who continue to file late or to file incorrect information. This change reminded me of a phrase I heard recently: ``What you can't get through altruism, you must get through shame.''
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Mary Jo Kilroy
Ohio
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Kilroy discusses reforms to the Lobbying Disclosure Act and the need for transparency in lobbying practices.

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