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Visit Ask a Pol ~ asking your lawmakers your questions at your US Capitol ~What should we ask Congress next? Let us know ! Who? Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) — Chair, Senate Commerce Committee In our latest episode (which is a classic from 2023), Ask a Pol asks : Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) — now America’s Secretary of State — came out of the AI forum just ahead of you and he’s worried about putting constraint...

Who? Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) LISTEN: Laslo & Rounds Ask a Pol asks: When it specifically comes to deepfakes in the 2024 election — anything actionable? Key Rounds:  “The thing if we can draw attention to the American public that you’ve got countries outside of the United States that really are trying to influence the elections, and we can use AI to identify what they are and so can the platforms,”...

Who? Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) LISTEN: Laslo & Cramer  Ask a Pol asks: What was your takeaway from all those AI briefings and forums last year? Key Cramer:  “I don’t know,” Cramer tells Ask a Pol . “I’s like crypto. When I decide I’m not interested anymore, ‘cause I’ve got 1,400 other priorities, I leave it up to somebody smarter, somebody else.” Caught our ear on deepfakes “I think there’s plenty...

Who? Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) — Chair, Senate Commerce Committee Ask a Pol asked Is it frustrating that the only serious data privacy conversation we have on Capitol Hill in the past decade or so is on this rushed TikTok measure? Key Cantwell   “Oh, I don’t know,” Cantwell replied. “I don’t think it’s the only…” “ To hit the floor.” “Oh you’re saying…” “ To hit the floor.” “I think the informati...

Who? Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) — Chair, Foreign Relations Committee Ask a Pol asked: Do you think we’ll get any floor time on the AI and deepfake legislation? Key Cardin:  “The Rules Committee, I think, is looking at this in conjunction to the elections. Trying to get something out ASAP,” Cardin told Ask a Pol. “But this is gonna come down to foreign interference?” “Well, we’ll find out,” Cardin repl...

Who? Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) Ask a Pol asked: Is there going to be any legislative response to the Biden deepfake ? Key Hirono:  “We could all predict that this was going to happen,” Hirono tells Ask a Pol. “So I hope that that this would be a bipartisan effort to make sure that people are not lied to in this way. It’s really terrible.” Doesn’t election make it harder to pass a deepfake bill? “Si...

Who? Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) Ask a Pol asked: “I haven’t talked to you since the FEC [Federal Election Commission] moved on deepfakes — do you think it’ll solve it?” Key Klobuchar: “Well, that’s very helpful, but we should still pass the bill in the package of AI, if not somewhere else,” Klobuchar exclusively told Ask a Pol. LISTEN: Laslo & Klobuchar Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s...

Who? Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) Ask a Pol asked: How worried are you after seeing that Biden deepfake in the New Hampshire primary? Key Collins: “It’s exactly the kind of thing we’ve been worried about, is using the AI, it is remarkably easy to imitate voices or send out a video of someone who is running for office and appears to be doing something or saying something that is utterly fake. And I’m...

Who? Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) Ask a Pol asked: “Some of your colleague have called for a more sweeping, catch-all AI bill — is it better, from your standpoint, to do this committee by committee and small? Or?” Key Moran  “Well, I’d love to see committees do their work. And there’s wide jurisdiction here, with lots of consequences. And I think it’s a broad enough issue that if every committee did th...

Who? Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) Hawley’s asked So do you think there’s time this year for AI legislation? Key Hawley “Time? Yes. Willingness? No,” Hawley replies. “Tech companies, they always get their way here” “I don’t get it. I don’t understand why these companies, these tech companies, they always get their way here. It’s all the same people. It’s Microsoft. It’s Google. It’s Meta. And they alway...

Who? Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) Ask a Pol asks: “Do you think we’ll see any Senate action on deepfakes ahead of the election now we’re in the midst?” Key Kaine:  “Pretty nervous about this,” Kaine told Ask a Pol . “Because of Biden robocall, the fake Biden robocall. I haven’t heard discussion of Senate action about it. But I think all of us paid a lot of attention to that, and we have members who’ve be...

Who? Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) — former Senate GOP Whip; running to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell as GOP Leader Ask a Pol asked: “What was your takeaway from all those AI briefings and forums?” Clutch Cornyn:  “I think there’s been a lot of hype,” Cornyn tells Ask a Pol . “I think it’s a good idea for us to understand it better, but I don’t think the scare tactics have been particularly useful.” Caug...

Who? Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) — serves on both Senate Judiciary & Commerce Committees Ask a Pol asked: Is there any chatter or movement on your deepfake legislation ? Clutch Klobuchar:  ““Well, I hope so. I guess it’s gotten frontpage interest now. And this is what I said: hair on fire — we can’t wait until next year to get this done. This is just going to keep happening, and that’s why this bann...

Who? Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) — Senate Majority Whip (ie #2 Senate Democrat) Ask a Pol ’s ask : “Now that we’ve seen deepfakes deployed — you know, using Biden’s voice — in New Hampshire, do you think Congress is going to be able to address that ahead of November?” Key (and only…) Quote:  “Gotta ask Amy Klobuchar. I think she’s got some proposals on that, deepfakes.” Interview helped inform this fe...