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Comment by Zoe Lofgren

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U.S. Representative from California's 18th district; Ranking Member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee
What we should not do is preempt the states from taking necessary actions to protect their citizens while here in Congress, we do nothing to pass legislation ourselves.
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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 Verified. The Roll Call source returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but web search returned the quote verbatim from that exact January 2026 article: Rep. Zoe Lofgren said "What we should not do is preempt the states from taking necessary actions to protect their citizens while here in Congress, we do nothing to pass legislation ourselves." This was in response to Trump's executive order to undermine state AI laws, which Lofgren called unconstitutional. Author attribution correct (Zoe Lofgren, D-CA18, Ranking Member, House Science Committee). Year 2026 current. Vote "for" aligns with the statement "States should retain the right to set stricter AI safety standards than the federal government" — Lofgren explicitly opposes federal preemption of state AI protections. Corroborated by her official House press releases and Governing coverage. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 11d ago
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