House Democrats Launch AI Commission; Pallone Cites Privacy Issues
House Democrats on Tuesday said they have launched the House Democratic Commission on AI.
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., accused Republicans of abandoning the bipartisan House Task Force on AI, which Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., co-chaired with Rep. Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., until 2024.
Lieu will serve as vice chair of the new commission alongside Reps. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., and Valeria Foushee, D-N.C. House Commerce Committee ranking member Frank Pallone, D-N.J., and House Science Committee ranking member Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., were named ex-officio co-chairs.
“Congress must both support policies that foster innovation and ensure we’re protecting Americans’ privacy and safety,” said Pallone.
“At this watershed moment in technological history, the people we are privileged to represent understandably have questions about how AI will affect their lives into the future,” said Jeffries. “House Democrats are ready, willing and able to lean into those issues so we can uplift the health, safety and economic well-being of the American people.”