“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.”
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On the recordApril 29, 2014
I think the controlling of costs as we move forward in health care is going to be the toughest issue we face.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington
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McDermott highlights the challenge of controlling healthcare costs.

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