Political Quotes

“First of all, I thank Ms. Lofgren for her leadership and her courage and hard work in bringing this important bill to the floor. My amendment to H.R. 4617, the SHIELD Act, would generally prohibit the use of so-called deepfakes within 60 days of a Federal election. These digital photo, audio, and video forgeries are generated using artificial intelligence. They appear realistic and are intended to manipulate or deceive their audience. This amendment also establishes criminal and civil penalties for the malicious use of deepfakes in Federal elections while providing necessary exemptions for broadcasting or publication of deepfake content by news media organizations in satire or parity and other appropriate cases. As chairman of the National Security Subcommittee of the Oversight and Reform Committee, I can attest to the escalating warnings that we have received from U.S. intelligence community officials and national security experts regarding the use of these deepfake technologies as an emerging tool of foreign election interference. During our recent hearing to examine election security, government and private-sector panelists testified about the capacity of deepfake technologies to ``weaponize'' false information on a massive scale. That is because it is already widely accessible, easy to use, low cost, and rapidly evolving. In reference to the security of the 2020 U.S.…”