Josh Hawley: “Americans do not surrender their privacy rights when they drive to work, drop their kids off at school, or go to church.”

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declined to attend and testify.

They don’t need any tax breaks. That’s just corporate welfare. They don’t need that stuff. If they want to build data centers, then they have to do it on their own dime.

We should start by suspending the gas tax, including the tax on diesel. We could take 20-30 cents off the top immediately by doing that.

If that’s what the House is able to pass, I’m certainly happy to take that and to work with it.