Comment by Liz Shuler

President of the AFL-CIO, America's largest federation of labor unions
While we would applaud any serious effort to regulate potentially dangerous AI technologies, any attempt to tie the hands of states in their efforts to keep working people safe is not acceptable. We oppose preemption of state authority to regulate the development and implementation of AI.
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AI Verified The official AFL-CIO press release dated June 4, 2026 contains the full two-sentence passage verbatim and introduces it with “AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler released the following statement,” supporting correct attribution to Shuler. ([aflcio.org](https://aflcio.org/press/releases/afl-cio-statement-trahan-obernolte-ai-discussion-draft)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 2h ago
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