“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 4, 2020
The one thing that we actually could do to address the youth bulge is make voluntary family planning readily available to empower women.
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Joaquin Castro
Democratic · Texas
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Advocating for family planning to empower women and address youth issues in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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