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Comment by Joseph Morelle

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U.S. Representative, New York
However, more work is needed, including meaningful enforcement of existing state and federal laws applicable to this conduct, to ensure that election interference and voter intimidation - like we saw in New Hampshire - does not happen again,
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AI Verified ai_verified: The NY1/Spectrum News article published March 21, 2024 contains this same sentence and explicitly attributes it to Joseph Morelle in a statement, saying in substance that "However, more work is needed ... does not happen again," followed by "Morelle said in a statement." ([ny1.com](https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2024/03/21/ai-deepfakes-election-state-action-robocall-new-hampshire-artificial-intelligence)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 6d ago
AI Unverifiable Quote: "However, more work is needed, including meaningful enforcement of existing state and federal laws applicable to this conduct, to ensure that election interference and voter intimidation - like we saw in New Hampshire - does not happen again," (Joseph Morelle, 2024). The source URL (ny1.com, dated 2024/03/21) returned HTTP 403 to automated fetching, so I could not access the page directly. Web search confirms Rep. Joseph Morelle (D-NY) was genuinely and prominently involved in responding to the New Hampshire AI deepfake Biden robocall — he wrote to AG Garland demanding investigation and enforcement — so the attribution and sentiment are highly consistent with his documented position, and the "for" vote on statement 415 "Directing the FCC to address AI-generated robocalls" aligns with his pro-enforcement stance. However, web search surfaced a DIFFERENT verbatim Morelle quote (his DOJ-letter statement), not this exact sentence, so I could NOT independently confirm the precise wording of this quote. Because the source blocked me and the exact quote could not be confirmed, marking ai_unverifiable. (Note: the opinion is also dated 2024; a 2025/2026 replacement could not be located as the relevant material is from the 2024 NH incident.) · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 14d ago
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