“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.”
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On the recordSeptember 6, 2017
Unfortunately, in some jurisdictions there are many abuses. ``60 Minutes'' had a great story about this. Other media outlets have featured the abuses as well. The gentleman argues that, gee, we can't do this in the appropriations process. We do limitation amendments every day. Limitation amendments are germane and effective controls that we have in place and we are allowed to put in place on these spending programs. I simply believe that the administrative enforcement initiative is more effective and will use the money to better help low- and moderate- income Americans. I disagree with the gentleman, and I urge my colleagues to support the amendment. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
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