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CEO of The Alliance for Secure AI; longtime Republican political strategist and former Tea Party organizer
As AI systems grow more capable and more autonomous, no law guarantees that the companies building the most powerful models can actually shut a system down when it malfunctions, causes serious harm, or slips out of human control. The AI Kill Switch Act closes that gap by requiring the largest AI developers to maintain the technical ability to contain or shut down their most powerful systems and by giving the government emergency authority to order a shutdown when a serious incident occurs. Congressmen Lieu and Moran deserve credit for confronting this before a crisis forces the question, and Congress should act swiftly to ensure that humans remain the ones who can say stop, no matter how capable these systems become.
AI Verified (Jul 23, 2026)
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Brendan Steinhauser, quoted in “REPS LIEU AND MORAN INTRODUCE BILL TO REQUIRE KILL SWITCH FOR AI SYSTEMS THAT CAN CAUSE CATASTROPHIC HARM,” July 23, 2026.
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Require large datacenters to install kill switches for AI containment
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AI Verified Quote explicitly supports requiring the largest AI developers to retain technical shutdown/containment ability, directly relevant to the linked requirement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago
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AI Verified Recorded answer for is correct: Steinhauser supports requiring developers to retain technical containment/shutdown capability. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Official Lieu press release (July 23, 2026) attributes this wording to Brendan Steinhauser; quote is verbatim (lines 82–83). · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago
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