“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”
“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.”
“Here is what you need to know: The 2020 election was not stolen; we won and he lost.”

Political Quotes

Jim McDermott

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Jim McDermott is a former U.S. Representative from Washington, serving from 1989 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Washington's 7th congressional district. During his tenure, McDermott was known for his advocacy on healthcare issues, social justice, and economic equality. He played a significant role in the passage of the Affordable Care Act and was a vocal critic of the Iraq War. McDermott also served on various committees, including the Ways and Means Committee, where he focused on tax policy and healthcare reform.

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Apr 4, 2011

What do they have available to them to keep their family together and keep their kids from being hungry?

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Apr 4, 2011

there is a gap. There is not an overlap. It is a gap really that you are talking about here.

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Apr 4, 2011

If I can get one other question here, the inflated figure he uses, this huge number, God, it just blows your socks off.

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Apr 4, 2011

So you have got to be careful where you are poor is what you are saying.

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Apr 4, 2011

I have never heard the elderly and the disabled called welfare cases before.

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Apr 4, 2011

only one out of four poor children in this country is covered.

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Apr 4, 2011

You mean we allow the States to have different standards for people?

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Mar 31, 2011

I think you gentlemen understand what you are being made part of today.

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Mar 30, 2011

I am not real sure why we are having this hearing.

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Mar 29, 2011

I want to commend you on having brought to us today the architect of the Bush failure and a representative of the Koch Institute's ideas about the economy.

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Mar 29, 2011

The administration's work on the Panama FTA, like its work on the Korean FTA, is an example of how to do a trade agreement right.

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Mar 29, 2011

While we are here to talk about Panama, the Republicans are silent on helping middle-class Americans.

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