James R. Baird on [🇺🇸 Congress, Jan 2026] Giving Congress …

James R. Baird

U.S. representative from Indiana

Our country faces rapidly evolving national security threats, and Congress must be poised to properly address them and close the security gaps. The bills we passed today are critical to addressing the security challenges with AI, providing Congress with oversight over the sale of advanced AI chips to our adversaries, and supercharging American AI leadership to beat China.

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Congressman Jim Baird, “Congressman Baird Applauds Passage of Legislation to Improve AI Security, Counter Narco-Terrorism in House Foreign Affairs Committee,” January 21, 2026.

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[🇺🇸 Congress, Jan 2026] Giving Congress power to block AI chip exports to adversaries

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AI Verified Baird explicitly supports legislation giving Congress oversight of advanced AI-chip sales to adversaries. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1mo ago

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AI Verified Baird supports the congressional AI-chip export-oversight bill; recorded answer for matches. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1mo ago

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AI Verified Official Baird release dated 2026-01-21 contains the quoted statement verbatim and attributes it to Baird. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1mo ago

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