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Comment by Doris Matsui

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U.S. Representative for California's 7th Congressional District
Republicans keep trying to strip states of the ability to enact commonsense AI safeguards—at a time when there are no meaningful federal protections in place. President Trump's executive order is illegal coercion: it threatens states with costly lawsuits and tries to hold hostage the BEAD dollars Congress provided to connect every American to affordable broadband.
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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 Year 2026 (current). House.gov source returns HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but web search confirmed the quote via multiple congressional mirrors (Jacobs, Beyer, Schatz press releases) and Benton Institute. Rep. Doris Matsui characterized Trump's AI executive order as "illegal coercion: it threatens states with costly lawsuits and tries to hold hostage the BEAD dollars Congress provided to connect every American to affordable broadband" — matching the quote verbatim. The framing about Republicans stripping states of the ability to enact commonsense AI safeguards is consistent with the GUARDRAILS Act she co-introduced. Attribution to Doris Matsui (CA-07) is correct. The vote "for" on statement 438 ("States should retain the right to set stricter AI safety standards than the federal government") aligns directly: she is fighting the federal moratorium to preserve state-level AI safeguards. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 12d ago
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