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Every American who wants to work should be able to find a job. But with AI as a looming threat to our workforce – and nearly two million Americans already unemployed for six months or longer – it’s clear that we need to do more.
I will keep pressing for critical guardrails to protect humanity from the threat of unregulated AI development.
As OpenAI and others review thousands of security incidents, we must urgently address the safety of these platforms.
That’s why I called on OpenAI to reconsider its release of GPT-6 Astra, and why I’m pressing for answers on a number of questions that remain around these models – namely their safety.
While I’m glad to see OpenAI hold the release of its latest model, GPT-6.1 Astra, this decision should come as yet another warning sign to those who want to proceed recklessly with the continued development of frontier artificial…
That's more support than we've ever had in this fight. Republicans blocked us, but we won't stop until we get justice.
Tonight, 47 senators supported my resolution to get accountability for the nine Americans killed on the West Bank and for Palestinians who face injustices daily.
How many more Americans must be killed before the executive branch does its job? These families deserve answers.
If the killing of nine Americans does not justify a report from our own state department, I would ask my colleagues: what would?
While I was pleased that so many of my Democratic colleagues joined this effort, it’s clear the United States must do more.
The US says our # 1 priority abroad is protecting Americans. But in the West Bank, 9 Americans have been killed by Israeli settlers or security forces with no justice.
What we're saying is that we can do much better," said Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.
If competitive compensation is necessary to recruit and retain qualified federal law enforcement officers, it is also necessary to recruit and retain qualified employees throughout the federal government.
Yes, the sergeant over at the Pentagon, who is sitting there at a computer and doing a job, needs to be compensated in a fair and effective way.
We need to zero in quickly on the forms of systemic corruption that have cost the public huge amounts of money, and where there are legislative cures available.
The data centers were the ones calling the shots. Data centers and corporations were the ones writing the rules. Today, that ends, because I am signing an executive order to make sure that, when data centers come to the state of Maryland…
AI shouldn’t be able to quietly decide who gets a loan, or housing, or healthcare or a government benefit without accountability and a human in the loop.
Let's be clear. My fear is not China. My fear is a technology that no human being can control. And so we’ve got to understand that there has to be that delicate balance of cooperation and competition.