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R Street Institute senior fellow
Congress could [...] formally preempt specific State and local regulatory enactments that impose an undue burden on interstate algorithmic commerce.
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AI Verified Congress.gov’s transcript for the September 18, 2025 House hearing "AI at a Crossroads: A Nationwide Strategy or Californication?" identifies this section as Adam Thierer’s statement, and the source text contains the sentence with the omitted middle words: it begins "Congress could again try..." and continues "could formally preempt specific State and local regulatory enactments" before ending with "interstate algorithmic commerce." Your bracketed omission faithfully skips "again try to implement a moratorium, or could," so the quote is real, verbatim as excerpted, and correctly attributed. ([congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/event/119th-congress/house-event/118623/text)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
AI Verified Quote by Adam Thierer (R Street Institute senior fellow), 2025. The source_url (congress.gov House event 118623 text) returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but web search confirmed the quote verbatim from Thierer's submitted statement to the House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing "AI at a Crossroads: A Nationwide Strategy or Californication?" (Sept 18, 2025): "Congress could again try to implement a moratorium, or it could formally preempt specific state and local regulatory enactments that impose an undue burden on interstate algorithmic commerce." The [...] in the quote correctly elides "again try to implement a moratorium, or it could." Author attribution correct. Year 2025 is acceptable (current/recent). Vote "against" on statement 438 ("States should retain the right to set stricter AI safety standards than the federal government") aligns correctly — Thierer advocates federal preemption of state AI regulation, opposing state retention of authority. Relevant and reflects the statement's meaning. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 1mo ago
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