U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) raises a digit arsenic helium speaks during a property conference, much than a period into the longest U.S. authorities shutdown successful Washington, D.C., U.S., November 10, 2025.
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House Democrats are forming a committee connected artificial quality to presumption themselves arsenic leaders connected the contented arsenic AI companies bid their absorption — and run contributions — connected Washington, D.C.
The House Democratic Commission connected AI and the Innovation Economy, acceptable to statesman gathering this month, volition enactment with AI companies, stakeholders and legislature committees that oversee aspects of the assemblage to assistance make argumentation expertise.
The committee is simply a effect to the increasing beingness of AI argumentation and AI companies astir Washington.
AI companies are ramping up lobbying, opening offices adjacent to the Capitol, and launching campaigns done a super PAC with astatine slightest $100 cardinal to walk connected the midterms elections successful 2026.
There has been a increasing statement implicit AI, specifically related to an expanding fig of idiosyncratic authorities laws that could conflict with a federal standard.
OpenAI, Andreessen Horowitz and Google are lobbying to artifact authorities laws that modulate AI. Democrats person mostly opposed that push.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., successful a connection shared with CNBC astir the moving group, said that Democrats are "ready, consenting and capable to thin into those issues truthful we tin uplift the health, information and economical well-being of the American people."
House Democratic Caucus vice-chair Ted Lieu, D-Calif., participates successful the House Democrats' post-caucus quality league successful the U.S. Capitol connected Tuesday, July 23, 2024.
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Rep. Ted Lieu of California, Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey, and Rep. Valerie Foushee of North Carolina volition pb the commission. Rep. Zoe Lofgren of California and Rep. Frank Pallone of Massachusetts, the apical Democrats connected committees that screen AI, volition service arsenic ex-officio co-chairs. All House Democrats volition beryllium invited to participate.
Lieu drew a enactment betwixt however Republicans and Democrats person handled AI issues.
He slammed the Trump medication for proposing to merchantability precocious chips to China, striking revenue-sharing agreements, and posting deepfake videos. Trump announced Monday that helium volition let Nvidia to nonstop precocious H200 chips to "approved customers" successful China and elsewhere.
"House Democrats cull this misguided approach, which risks leaving Americans susceptible and our competitiveness weakened," Liu said successful a statement. "Instead, Democrats volition conscionable the infinitesimal by moving with each stakeholders to make smart, durable solutions that fortify innovation and support the public."
Gottheimer said the radical besides wants to find ways to support the U.S. "ahead of the curve" erstwhile it comes to AI and enactment with the larger industry.
"We request to guarantee Congress is educated connected these caller technologies, that we're putting the close policies and guardrails successful spot to turn and support Americans," helium said successful a statement.
The House antecedently had a bipartisan task unit connected AI that issued a report successful December 2024, which laid retired recommendations for enactment astatine some the Congressional and enforcement levels.
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