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U.S. Senator from Virginia; former Governor of Virginia; Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee
The legislation would dedicate revenue generated by limiting bonus depreciation for AI data center infrastructure to a National Workforce Transition Fund supporting worker retraining, individual workforce training accounts, employer retention and redeployment grants, tuition assistance for high-demand fields, workforce data modernization, and innovative pilot programs to help workers navigate technological disruption.
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Sen. Mark Warner, “Warner Rolls Out Comprehensive AI Legislative Agenda Focused on Responsible Innovation, Workers, and National Security,” July 21, 2026.
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Governments should tax capital, not labor, as AI makes human work less central to the economy
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AI Verified The quote is on-topic because, in context, it describes a proposal to limit bonus depreciation for AI data center infrastructure and use that revenue for worker transition programs. That squarely concerns taxing AI-related capital rather than labor and provides enough signal to determine the author’s stance on the broader statement. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 34min ago
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AI Verified Recorded for; Warner’s proposal limits a data-center tax benefit and dedicates resulting revenue to workers, favoring taxing AI capital to fund the transition. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 33min ago
AI Verified The quote supports funding worker retraining by limiting a tax benefit for AI data center infrastructure, which implies taxing AI-related capital rather than labor. It does not explicitly discuss labor taxes, but the policy direction matches the statement. ([warner.senate.gov](https://www.warner.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warner-rolls-out-comprehensive-ai-legislative-agenda-focused-on-responsible-innovation-workers-and-national-security/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 33min ago

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AI Verified Verified verbatim on the July 21, 2026 Warner Senate press release at line 131; the linked framework PDF repeats the same policy language about disallowing bonus depreciation for AI data centers and funding the National Workforce Transition Fund. The page attributes the release to Sen. Mark R. Warner. ([warner.senate.gov](https://www.warner.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warner-rolls-out-comprehensive-ai-legislative-agenda-focused-on-responsible-innovation-workers-and-national-security/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 35min ago
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