Bradford J. Kelley on States should retain the right to set s…

Bradford J. Kelley

Employment attorney and former EEOC and Department of Labor official; testified to Congress on workplace AI in 2026.

Congress should strongly consider enacting a national standard that streamlines compliance and expressly preempts conflicting state and local frameworks.

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Written Testimony of Bradford J. Kelley, Subcommittee Hearing on “Building an AI-Ready America: Adopting AI at Work”

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States should retain the right to set stricter AI safety standards than the federal government

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AI Verified The quote explicitly argues for a national standard that preempts conflicting state and local AI rules, which directly supports the statement that states should retain the right to set stricter standards. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified The quote argues for a national AI standard that preempts conflicting state and local rules, so opposition to a statement preserving stricter state standards is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified Source PDF at lines 397-398 says Congress should strongly consider enacting a national standard that preempts conflicting state and local AI frameworks; the stored quote is verbatim and correctly attributed to Bradford J. Kelley. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo ago

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AI will create more jobs than it destroys

I can state unequivocally that AI is empowering workers in meaningful ways. For example, many employees already rely on AI-powered applications on their smartphones to boost productivity and streamline tasks, which demonstrably improves their work-li...

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