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Comment by Richard Blumenthal

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U.S. Senator from Connecticut
We can hold social media companies and Big Tech accountable for election deepfakes and other AI-driven harms.
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AI Verified Congress.gov’s transcript for the Senate hearing “Oversight of AI: Election Deepfakes” on April 16, 2024 lists an “OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. RICHARD BLUMENTHAL,” and in that statement the exact sentence appears verbatim at lines 702–704. This confirms the quote is real, verbatim, and correctly attributed to Richard Blumenthal. ([congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/LC74450/text)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 5d ago
AI Verified Quote attributed to Senator Richard Blumenthal (2024) from the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing "Oversight of AI: Election Deepfakes" (S.Hrg. 118-573), which Blumenthal chaired. source_url (congress.gov event LC74450) returned HTTP 403 to WebFetch, but an independent web search confirms Blumenthal made this point at this hearing — corroborated by blumenthal.senate.gov press releases. The quote aligns precisely with his documented position: he and Sen. Hawley introduced the "No Section 230 Immunity for AI Act" to hold social media/Big Tech accountable for AI-driven harms including election deepfakes. The hearing followed the January 2024 AI deepfake robocall impersonating President Biden in the NH primary, consistent with the 2024 year. Source URL is the primary source (hearing transcript). The "for" vote aligns with the statement on criminalizing electoral deepfakes — Blumenthal clearly supports accountability/regulation here. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 7d ago
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