“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 recordMay 12, 1994
this amendment authorizes the Administrator to set maximum contaminant levels under the Safe Drinking Water Act as levels less stringent than the law currently requires, if the alternative level would not result in a significant increase in risks and if it costs substantially less. But there are limits on the amount of flexibility provided. In the case of cancer-causing substances, the less stringent standard must not result in a significant increase in individual lifetime cancer risk. I would ask the Senator from Montana about the use of the term significant in this context.
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Mark Hatfield
Oregon
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Discussing an amendment related to the Safe Drinking Water Act.

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