“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 recordMarch 15, 2016
My colleagues want to give a radical voucher program--give a piece of paper to somebody and say, 'Go find an insurance company that will take care of you...'
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington
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Criticism of proposed Medicare voucher program and its implications for beneficiaries.

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