Casar Leads Call For Congressional Hearings With AI CEOs

WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) led 18 members of Congress calling on Speaker Mike Johnson to immediately schedule open hearings with the CEOs of America’s largest AI companies. The letter is co-led by Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.
 

In a letter to Johnson, the members write: “Advanced AI models pose a clear risk to the safety and security of the American people. [...] At the same time, Artificial Intelligence threatens to displace millions of American workers. [...] Unfortunately, Congress has so far completely failed to respond to the threats posed by AI development. That must change. The CEOs of the largest AI companies should answer questions under oath, and Americans should have a chance to hear from independent experts on the dangers posed by this technology. We urge you to work with the committees of jurisdiction to schedule hearings immediately.”

The letter comes on the heels of leading AI companies, including Open AI, Anthropic, and Meta announcing that their models escaped test environments to hack other organizations. The members write: “The American people deserve clear answers about the

causes of these incidents, what failures or potential negligence at the companies led to them, and the types of regulation required to make sure they never happen again,” the letter says. 

A full copy of the letter, which calls on Johnson to work with committees of jurisdiction to schedule hearings immediately, is available here. 
 

The letter is led by Congressman Greg Casar (TX-35) and Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03), and signed by U.S. Representatives: Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), Becca Balint (VT-AL), Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (IL-04), Sylvia R. Garcia (TX-29), Adelita S. Grijalva (AZ-07), Jasmine Crockett (TX-30), April McClain Delaney (MD-06), Valerie P. Foushee (NC-04), Ro Khanna (CA-17), Summer L. Lee (PA-12), Stephen F. Lynch (MA-08), Jennifer L. McClellan (VA-04), James P. McGovern (MA-02), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-AL), Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), and Nydia M. Velázquez (NY-07).

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Congressman Greg Casar represents Texas’s 35th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, which runs down I-35 from East Austin to Hays County to the West Side of San Antonio. A labor organizer and son of Mexican immigrants, Casar serves as the Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus for the 119th Congress. He also serves on the Committee on Education and Labor and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability.