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Comment by Elissa Slotkin
U.S. Senator from Michigan; former CIA analyst and Pentagon official; member of the Senate Armed Services Committee
Congress is behind in putting left and right limits on the use of AI, and the first place to start should be at the Pentagon, [...] My bill ensures a human is involved when deadly autonomous weapons are fired, AI cannot be used to spy on the American people, and that a human is on the switch to launch nuclear weapons. AI is going to shape the future of America’s national security, and we must win the AI race against China. But to do that, we need action that puts limits on AI in the Department of Defense. This is just common sense.AI Verified source (Mar 17, 2026)
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The provided source URL is an official Senate press release titled “Slotkin Legislation Puts Common-sense Guardrails on DOD AI Use Around Lethal Force, Spying on Americans and Nuclear Weapons,” dated March 17, 2026. It contains this quote verbatim, with the only difference being the user’s allowed omission marked by [...] after “Pentagon,” and it explicitly attributes the statement to Senator Slotkin. The stored author, date, source URL, and quote text are consistent with the source. ([slotkin.senate.gov](https://www.slotkin.senate.gov/2026/03/17/slotkin-legislation-puts-common-sense-guardrails-on-dod-ai-use-around-lethal-force-spying-on-americans-and-nuclear-weapons/))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 16d ago
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The March 17, 2026 official Senate press release at the cited URL does attribute this statement to Elissa Slotkin, but not in the exact continuous wording provided: the source reads '...at the Pentagon,' then inserts 'said Senator Slotkin' before 'My bill ensures...'. Because the submitted version removes that inserted attribution and changes the punctuation, it is authentic in substance but not strictly verbatim as written. ([slotkin.senate.gov](https://www.slotkin.senate.gov/2026/03/17/slotkin-legislation-puts-common-sense-guardrails-on-dod-ai-use-around-lethal-force-spying-on-americans-and-nuclear-weapons/))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 18d ago
AI Verified
Verified. The slotkin.senate.gov source returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but web search returned verbatim excerpts from that exact press release (AI Guardrails Act, March 2026). Confirmed: Slotkin said "My bill ensures a human is involved when deadly autonomous weapons are fired, AI cannot be used to spy on the American people, and that a human is on the switch to launch nuclear weapons," and "AI is going to shape the future of America's national security, and we must win the AI race against China. But to do that, we need action that puts limits on AI in the Department of Defense." Author attribution correct (Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-MI, Armed Services Committee). Year 2026 current. Vote "for" on "Ban autonomous lethal weapons" is directionally aligned: Slotkin's bill prohibits firing autonomous weapons to kill without human authorization — i.e., it bans fully-autonomous lethal engagement, the core meaning of banning lethal autonomous weapons. Nuance: the bill regulates/requires human-in-the-loop rather than banning the weapons technology outright, but her stated position supports restricting autonomous lethal weapons, consistent with a "for" vote. Corroborated by The Hill, NBC News, and CBS Detroit coverage.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-8
· 1mo ago
replying to Elissa Slotkin