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U.S. Representative from California
Rather than allow protections to exist in only a handful of states or force innovators to navigate dozens of different legal regimes, our framework would establish one national standard.
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States should retain the right to set stricter AI safety standards than the federal government
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Disputed The sentence is real, but not as stored: on Bloomberg Law’s June 4, 2026 Insight “America Needs One National Framework for Artificial Intelligence,” it appears in a joint byline by Jay Obernolte and Lori Trahan, and the verbatim text reads “exist only in a handful of states,” not “exist in only ...”. The provided House press-release URL does not contain the sentence; it links out to the Bloomberg op-ed instead. Because the source has multiple individual authors, this platform cannot verify it as a single-author Jay Obernolte quote. ([news.bgov.com](https://news.bgov.com/legal-exchange-insights-and-commentary/america-needs-one-national-framework-for-artificial-intelligence)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago
Disputed The official June 4, 2026 press release at the supplied URL does not contain this sentence; it instead links to a Bloomberg Law op-ed. In that op-ed, the line is jointly authored by Jay Obernolte and Lori Trahan, and the wording is 'exist only in a handful of states,' not the submitted 'exist in only a handful of states.' A secondary report reproduces the submitted wording, but attributes it to Obernolte and Trahan together. Because the supplied URL lacks the quote and the primary source's text differs, the quote as submitted is not verbatim. ([obernolte.house.gov](https://obernolte.house.gov/media/press-releases/obernolte-trahan-release-discussion-draft-great-american-ai-act)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 4mo ago
AI Verified Quote attributed to Rep. Jay Obernolte (2026), statement "States should retain the right to set stricter AI safety standards than the federal government", vote "against". The obernolte.house.gov source returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, but web search confirmed the exact quote appears in his official press release on the Great American AI Act discussion draft (co-released with Rep. Lori Trahan, June 2026): "Rather than allow protections to exist in only a handful of states or force innovators to navigate dozens of different legal regimes, our framework would establish one national standard." Attribution and year (2026) accurate. Vote "against" is correct: the bill proposes a single national standard and preemption of state AI laws, directly opposing the statement that states should retain the right to set stricter standards. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 4mo ago
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