“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 23, 2016
This tax structure is not going to be solved by a hearing where people have three minutes to talk about it.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington
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McDermott criticizes the effectiveness of brief hearings for tax reform.

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