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Veronica Escobar: “Voluntary agreements are a fig leaf...they have no teeth.”

Featuring: Veronica Escobar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 16

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Democratic U.S. Rep. Escobar discusses Big Bend construction, data centers and the Iran war

Published | Video Starts at 11:41

Are you aware if Meta has agreed to that in this project? You know, I think it's really important … Voluntary agreements are a fig leaf...they have no teeth. … of, you know, gentleman's agreement between the president and Big Tech, there's nothing in writing to hold their feet to the fire. We need laws, we need regulations, we need guardrails, we need protections. (11:41–11:59)

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Asserts that voluntary agreements with data centers are ineffective.

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