“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 recordFebruary 26, 2012
This bill, the Regulatory Freeze for the Jobs Act is an instrument that creates a mistaken cure for a problem that doesn't exist.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee
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Editor's note · Context

Cohen criticizes the Regulatory Freeze for the Jobs Act as ineffective and based on false premises.

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