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Mike Johnson: “Instead of just smothering this with red tape, which is always the government's reflex, and I think would be wrong and…”

On the recordSeptember 29, 2026
Instead of just smothering this with red tape, which is always the government's reflex, and I think would be wrong and frankly dangerous to national security if we did it here, we want to continue the innovation.
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Mike Johnson
Republican · Louisiana

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Discussing AI regulation and innovation balance.

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