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Greg Casar: “Oracle just laid off 21,000 workers citing AI.”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

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Rep. Casar on Texas Data Center Freeze

Published | Video Starts at 07:42

That's the conversations I was just having at the DNC today. And here in Austin is the headquarters of Oracle. Oracle just laid off 21,000 workers citing AI. That's unacceptable. And corporations like Oracle essentially get a tax write off for automating jobs and laying off workers. That's got to stop. (07:42–07:48)

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