WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) introduced a resolution to establish a Senate Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence. The legislation follows Senator Gallego’s recent call to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), earlier this month, urging them to support the establishment of a bipartisan Select Committee on AI at the start of next Congress.
The introduction of the resolution also comes as OpenAI, this week, paused the training of its latest models after the company disclosed it was reviewing several incidents in which rogue agents searched federal government websites, and as President Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson hosted major tech CEOs — including from Anthropic, Google, Meta, and OpenAI and — for a meeting at the White House yesterday.
“The rapid development and deployment of Artificial Intelligence is akin to Dr. Frankenstein saying, ‘the monster is loose. Help me stop the monster,’” said Senator Gallego. “Congress must keep up and act. A bipartisan select committee would provide the vehicle for a focused, informed approach to governing AI that protects America’s national security interests while maintaining a competitive edge in the AI race.”
The committee would provide a bipartisan forum to examine the broad range of ways AI is changing the economy, government, national security, and everyday life. Its work would focus on understanding where existing federal oversight falls short and developing legislative safeguards and proposals to address emerging challenges.
The committee would hold hearings and investigations, gather information from federal agencies, issue subpoenas, and consider and report AI legislation.
Read the full resolution HERE.