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Ranking member of Senate HELP Committee urges action on AI, warns it could 'replace workers'
Summary
On the Senate floor, the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions urged Congress to address the societal risks of artificial intelligence, warning of mass job loss, threats to childrens well-being, privacy harms and electoral misinformation.
On the Senate floor, the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions delivered an extended floor statement warning that artificial intelligence demands urgent congressional attention. He said AI could be the "most transformational technology in the history of humanity" and pressed lawmakers to consider who will benefit and who will be hurt by rapid deployment.
The speaker argued that wealthy technology investors are driving much of the AI push and that ordinary Americans already feel the effects. "These multibillionaires are investing in AI and robotics because they want to become even wealthier and even more powerful than they are today," he said. He framed the issue as broader than economics, saying AI threatens childrens education and mental health, privacy and democratic institutions.
The senator cited polls and expert conversations to support his urgency and closed by urging colleagues to "look up" and act so that AI serves the public interest rather than concentrating power and wealth. He called for regulation and oversight to protect workers, children, privacy and democracy.
