Josh Hawley

the reason that the public can't separate fact from fiction is in the case of these images.

I mean, to see an entire body of law just destroyed. I mean, that can't possibly be right.

I have yet to talk to a Missourian who is an enthusiastic, no holds barred cheerleader for AI.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you for convening this hearing.

Do we want all the news and information in this Nation to be controlled by two or three companies? I certainly don't.

Senator Blumenthal has just done tremendous, tremendous work chairing this Committee.

the reason that the public can't separate fact from fiction is in the case of these images.

I sure really wish that Congress would do something about this.

It's always, theoretically, we should put safeguards in place for real people. But when you come to do it, it's, oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, we can't.

I just think the idea that at any moment you live in the fear that some image of me out there could be manipulated.

It seems to me that every American ought to have some rights here in their data and in their content.

I think quite simply, if Congress could clarify that the use of our content and other publisher content for training and output of AI models is not fair use, then the free market will take care of the rest.

If they're reading a fair use prevails, is that fair use is going to be the exception that swallowed the rule.

I remember my friend from Texas saying wisely in a Judiciary Committee hearing not that long ago--and the Senator will correct me if I misremember. But my memory is that the Senator from Texas said: When it comes to these big tech…

I appreciate the conversation with my friend from Texas. We should do more of this. This is an enlightening conversation. Let me just say a few remarks. I won't query him further, unless he would like to query me. We don't debate much…

we are here today to ask one very simple question: Are the biggest, most powerful technology companies in the world going to be the only companies in this country--the only companies on the face of the Earth--that are absolutely immune for…

would my friend from Texas answer one question? Do you have time?

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Unanimous Consent Request--S. 1993

I want to add a few words to my friend Senator Lujan's eloquent statement of the need to do justice to these good Americans who have--let's just tell it like it is--been poisoned by their own government, who have been exposed to nuclear…

I ask unanimous consent to be able to speak for up to 15 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

earlier this summer, millions of Americans learned about the origins of our country's nuclear program. What, perhaps, more Americans are learning about now are the tens of thousands of brave American citizens who risked their health and…

These companies are, in my view, a scourge in this country.

What is appropriate is that every Federal employee follow the law, respect and honor the First Amendment.

It is a problem that the White House, the FBI, the CDC, CISA has been found by Federal, multiple Federal courts now to have violated the First Amendment.

If we cannot have free speech in this country, we cannot have free elections in this country, and we do not have a democracy.