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Ted Cruz Warns State AI Legislation Could 'Cripple' US Leadership (Full Interview)
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13:20Now PlayingUS Senator Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, discusses the tax-cut package passed by the House and the anti-deportation protests in Los Angeles with Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz on "Balance of Power."
The House buried language in President Donald Trump’s massive tax package that would block states from enforcing new artificial intelligence rules, drawing bipartisan objections and exposing tension in Washington over allowing for more unchecked AI development.
Trump himself has taken steps to remove constraints on AI development, including rescinding the Biden administration’s executive order on artificial intelligence and ushering a wave of AI deals in the Middle East. House Speaker Mike Johnson has said the AI provision has “national security implications” to ensure the US can compete with China.
But the provision may not comport with strict Senate rules that allow only language that is budgetary in nature to avert a filibuster and pass by a simple majority. The Senate instead has offered language that would deny states federal funding for broadband internet projects if they enforced AI regulations, but the chamber’s rules-keeper has not yet weighed in on that provision.
“We have yet to argue this before the parliamentarian. I anticipate that we will do so this week or next week,” Senate Commerce Chairman Ted Cruz told Bloomberg TV on Tuesday. “I don’t know how she’ll rule.”
Cruz called the Senate provision “very sound policy.”
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