“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 recordJuly 20, 2011
I would just point out to my colleagues that the provision that was changed by the National Labor Relations Board to which my colleague referred has been the law of this land for a generation. So it's not anti-labor fervor at all; it's more regular order. Madam Speaker, how much time does each side have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Miller of Michigan). The gentleman from Wisconsin has 12\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Illinois has 19\1/4\ minutes remaining. {time} 1410
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