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Matt Lane

Senior Policy Counsel, Fight for Future

Preemption undoes all that work. [...] We remain against preemption in KOSA and COPPA 2.0, just like we are against preemption of state AI regulations.

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States should retain the right to set stricter AI safety standards than the federal government

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AI Verified The quote clearly opposes federal preemption of state AI regulations: 'we are against preemption of state AI regulations.' That implies support for states retaining authority to enact their own, potentially stricter, AI safety rules than the federal government. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified The quote says they are "against preemption of state AI regulations," which supports states keeping the ability to set their own, potentially stricter, AI rules. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified Confirmed on the official Fight for the Future page at the cited URL. It explicitly says, "The following statement can be attributed to Matt Lane (he/him), Senior Policy Counsel at Fight for the Future," and the body contains the exact quoted text with only a faithful omission between the two sentences: "Preemption undoes all that work." ... "We remain against preemption in KOSA and COPPA 2.0, just like we are against preemption of state AI regulations." ([fightforthefuture.org](https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2025-12-04-statement-fight-for-the-future-opposes-federal-preemption-of-state-privacy-digital-safety-laws/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

AI Verified Quote by Matt Lane (Senior Policy Counsel, Fight for the Future), 2025. The source_url (fightforthefuture.org) returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but web search confirmed the quote verbatim from Fight for the Future's December 4, 2025 statement opposing federal preemption of state privacy/digital safety laws: "We remain against preemption in KOSA and COPPA 2.0, just like we are against preemption of state AI regulations," with the surrounding point that preemption "destroys the work of local advocates and local communities" (matching "Preemption undoes all that work"). Author attribution correct. Year 2025 current. Vote "for" on statement 438 ("States should retain the right to set stricter AI safety standards than the federal government") aligns correctly — Lane opposes preemption and defends state authority. Quote is relevant and reflects the statement's meaning. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 4mo ago

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