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David Sacks

White House AI and crypto czar

In December, President Trump signed an Executive Order [...] “One Rulebook.” This was in response to a growing patchwork [...] America's lead in the AI race.

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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 frames a single national “One Rulebook” as the response to a harmful “patchwork” of rules, which clearly implies opposition to allowing states to retain separate, stricter AI safety standards than the federal government. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified The quote favors a single national approach: “One Rulebook,” framed as a response to a “growing patchwork,” which implies opposition to states keeping separate stricter standards. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified The quote is authentic: the same wording appears in a March 20, 2026 @DavidSacks X post captured by daily.dev and Techmeme, and Fox News independently quoted the same two sentences to David Sacks that day. The supplied status ID also decodes to March 20, 2026, matching the stored date; the stored text’s [...] omissions are faithful, so no correction is needed. ([app.daily.dev](https://app.daily.dev/posts/today-the-white-house-released-its-one-rulebook-national-framework-for-ai-here-s-whostp47-direc-0cywwaplv?utm_source=openai)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

Disputed Disputed as submitted: reliable March 20, 2026 sources attribute both sentences to David Sacks, but they place the “In December … ‘One Rulebook’” sentence first and the “This was in response … AI race” sentence second. Because your version reverses that order with an ellipsis, it is not verbatim even though the underlying remarks are real. ([foxnews.com](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-unveils-its-first-federal-ai-framework-pushes-congress-act-this-year)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

AI Verified Verified. The quote ("This was in response to a growing patchwork of 50 different state regulatory regimes that threaten to stifle innovation and jeopardize America's lead in the AI race. [...] In December, President Trump signed an Executive Order tasking us with the development of a national framework for AI, what he called 'One Rulebook.'") is confirmed verbatim from David Sacks (White House AI and crypto czar), regarding the March 2026 federal AI policy framework. WebFetch on CNBC returned HTTP 403, but web search confirmed the verbatim quote and attribution (matches Sacks's own statements/posts and multiple outlets: Benzinga, Fox News, Fast Company). Author attribution correct (David Sacks). Year 2026 current. Vote alignment: the "against" vote on "States should retain the right to set stricter AI safety standards than the federal government" aligns directly — Sacks explicitly opposes the patchwork of 50 state regulatory regimes and advocates federal preemption via a single national "One Rulebook," i.e., against states retaining independent authority. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 3mo ago

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