Charles E. Schumer: “Did you contact them and say, 'I'd like to be involved in this, I'm an expert'? Or did they contact you?”

At a time when Americans are calling out for real guardrails on AI, Senate Republicans are trying to secure an ineffectual participation trophy before they skip town.

Notwithstanding federal law, and the traditional sanctity afforded to polling places, the Trump Administration has made clear by word and deed over the past year that it asserts the authority to dispatch armed officers to active polling…

If [Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.] would put them on the floor today, we can pass them. Period.

Put simply, Trump is handing China the technology it needs to win the AI race.