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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Sep 11, 2026

The hate that killed Charlie Kirk, that knocked down the Twin Towers, that led to two assassination attempts on President Trump... just keeps getting worse and worse.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 11, 2026

How in God’s name can you keep going forward in the direction of superintelligence when you don’t know what that means?

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 11, 2026

Hey, if I am prepared to demand serious regulation of the industry. How many tens of millions of dollars are going to be spent against me?

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Sep 11, 2026

Anyone still denying the risks posed by unregulated AI should read this thread. It’s time to pump the brakes & take action NOW.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Sep 11, 2026

AI is advancing at an extraordinary pace, and some of the risks are dangerous and frightening...

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Patty Murray
@pattymurray· Democratic · WA· Sep 11, 2026

If we are smart enough to create such powerful AI, then we are smart enough to regulate it.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 11, 2026

Mr. Coxon is right. The very people building this technology admit that it could threaten the future of humanity. That is why I will soon be introducing legislation to ban superintelligence and pause AI development.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Sep 11, 2026

The problem [Jacob Coxon] articulates - AI companies in a blind race to build a death machine first - can easily be solved.

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Lisa Blunt Rochester
@lisabluntrochester· Democratic · DE· Sep 11, 2026

Even if there was a 1% chance AI could wipe out human life, we should be pumping the brakes to make sure we have the proper safeguards in place, not racing blindly into disaster.

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Mark Kelly
@markkelly· Democratic · AZ· Sep 11, 2026

AI is moving fast and we need to act now...

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Sep 11, 2026

Ask the hard questions. Do it for yourself, and do it for the people who love you.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Sep 11, 2026

Their skill, dedication, and compassion mean so much.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Sep 11, 2026

You are nearly 70% more likely to get this disease and 2 to 4 times more likely to die from it.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Sep 11, 2026

If you’re at average risk, that conversation should start around 50, and the guidelines now say screening every 2 to 4 years.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Sep 11, 2026

More than 330,000 American men this year will hear the words we did last spring when I was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Sep 11, 2026

This year it’s more personal for me.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Sep 11, 2026

I’ve actually joked that if – and this is somewhat tongue-in-cheek – but it’s not entirely, if they’re going to be killer robots, I’d rather they be American killer robots and not Chinese killer robots.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Sep 11, 2026

You know who’s not pausing? China. They are not gonna stop.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Sep 11, 2026

No government can be allowed to place its demands beyond the reach of legislative inquiry.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Sep 11, 2026

Congress is not only a co-equal branch of government, it is the First Branch.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Sep 11, 2026

The UK government cannot champion legislative oversight at home while using administrative gag orders to kneecap the constitutional authority of the US Congress.

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Josh Hawley
@joshhawley· Republican · MO· Sep 11, 2026

I'm launching an investigation into OpenAI - Americans deserve answers

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 11, 2026

When scientists tell you there is a chance, a chance that it could have a cataclysmic impact on humanity, you've got be a moron not to say, slow it down.

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