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Comment by Richard Blumenthal

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U.S. Senator from Connecticut
and ensuring that AI companies be held liable when their products breach privacy, violate civil rights, endanger the public, [...]
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AI companies should be liable for harms caused by their deployed models
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AI Verified Relevant. The quote directly endorses holding AI companies legally accountable when their AI products cause harms such as privacy breaches, civil-rights violations, or dangers to the public, and the source presents that liability principle as part of Blumenthal’s legislative framework on AI. That makes a supportive stance on the complete statement clearly determinable. ([blumenthal.senate.gov](https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/blumenthal-delivers-opening-statement-at-hearing-on-legislating-artificial-intelligence)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 2d ago
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AI Verified The quote explicitly endorses liability: it calls for "ensuring that AI companies be held liable" when their products cause harms like privacy breaches, civil-rights violations, or public danger. The source presents this as part of Blumenthal’s legislative framework, so the author’s position is clearly for. ([blumenthal.senate.gov](https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/blumenthal-delivers-opening-statement-at-hearing-on-legislating-artificial-intelligence)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 2d ago

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AI Verified The official Senate page dated 2023-09-12 contains this exact excerpt as part of a longer sentence in the transcript (line 62), and the transcript is explicitly attributed to “U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT).” The stored author, date, and source URL match, so this is an authentic verbatim excerpt with an allowed ellipsis omission. ([blumenthal.senate.gov](https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/blumenthal-delivers-opening-statement-at-hearing-on-legislating-artificial-intelligence)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 2d ago
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