“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 recordJanuary 6, 2015
I would take this hearing more seriously if, on the 7th of January 2015, the House had not passed a set of rules that set in place a 20 percent cut on these SSDI folks.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington
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McDermott criticizes past House rules leading to SSDI cuts.

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