U.S. Senate

President Trump is having enough difficulty doing his job; Congress should take this opportunity to do ours.

Why does he believe he can claw back a nearly billion dollars of bipartisan-approved Congressional spending?

This isn’t a vague legal concept they are abusing; it’s grade school-level American government: Article 1 of the United States Constitution.

This administration’s Office of Management and Budget has just unilaterally taken away 800 million dollars that Congress passed on a bipartisan basis towards key priorities – in blatant defiance of the Constitution and federal law.

As more older Americans live in their own homes, timely access by fire departments and EMS in the event of a fall can mean the difference between life and death.

We all know the saying ‘an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,’ and preventative care is a win-win for Maine patients, families and the taxpayers.

One of our nation’s most significant works of public art has stood incomplete for decades, right here in the U.S. Senate. I’m thrilled that the restoration of Alexander Calder’s Mountains and Clouds is moving forward.

We must act now before it is too late.

We cannot let a handful of Big Tech CEOs write their own rules.

It doesn’t take a genius to say, ‘slow it down,’

If the leaders of the major AI companies acknowledge that they are losing control of this extremely dangerous technology, it is irresponsible, in my view, for society to allow them to move forward and make these products even more advanced.

In my view, it is likely if we allow things to continue the way they are, that there will be no more truck drivers in America, no more cab drivers, no more bus drivers, and we will lose some 6 million transportation jobs to driverless…

I understand that I may be called an alarmist for introducing this bill, but I’d rather be called an alarmist than a father and grandfather who is asleep at the wheel.

We cannot simply sit by idly and wait for advanced AI to cause the next 9/11 or Chernobyl or a global pandemic or a financial crisis before we take action to protect the American people and, of course, the people of the world.

Yeah, which may have something to do with the legislation that we passed several years ago.

Somehow, everybody in that country can go to a doctor.

Do you happen to believe that healthcare is a human right that should be available to every man, woman and child in our country?

Scientists have been clear: AI is an existential threat to humanity. It must be treated as such.

And while we, as Americans, have had differing views on policy, we all believe that freedom and democracy are at the core of our country’s values.

When you are racing towards a cliff, you don’t just ease up on the gas pedal. You hit the brakes.

“With both domestic and international supplies running low, a release from the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve would help ease these prices.”

If the leaders acknowledge they are losing control it is irresponsible in my view to allow them to move forward and make these products even more advanced.

It is fairly insane that the tech industry doesn’t know where AI may go next.

“I think somehow we have to get back to the idea that we can have opponents who aren’t enemies,” he added.