“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 15, 2019
If our development is truly about having countries get up on their own feet, you have also got to help their own economic infrastructure.
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Joaquin Castro
Democratic · Texas
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Castro argues for supporting African economic infrastructure for sustainable development.

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