“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 recordMarch 7, 2012
I just want to thank the gentleman because one of the issues we have in this committee... is a national narrative that there is not anything that we can invest in that is necessarily a good thing.
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Tim Ryan
Democratic · Ohio
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Editor's note · Context

Ryan emphasizes the importance of investing in basic research despite negative narratives.

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