Marjorie Taylor Greene Rails Against 10-Year Moratorium On AI Regulation Included In 'Big, Beautiful Bill'

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During a House Oversight Committee hearing on Thursday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) spoke about a provision in the Republican budget that would impose a ten-year moratorium on enforcement of AI regulations by state governments.

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00:00The gentlelady yields. I now recognize myself for five minutes.

00:05We just passed the One Big Beautiful Bill through the House of Representatives,

00:09and now it's gone on to the Senate, where they will be making changes to the bill.

00:14If there's any changes made to the One Big Beautiful Bill, it comes back to the House for a vote,

00:20and we get a second bite at the apple.

00:23Now, while this bill was going through committees and being discussed in the House of Representatives,

00:28no one on either side of the aisle that I know of, Republican or Democrat,

00:34brought up this particular clause on one single page in an over 1,000-page bill.

00:43And I want to bring this up because I think AI is incredibly important.

00:47I support AI in many different faculties.

00:51However, I think that at this time, as our generation is very much responsible

00:58not only here in Congress, but leaders in tech industry and leaders in states

01:03and all around the world have an incredible responsibility of the future

01:08and development regulation and laws of AI.

01:12It's such an important responsibility, it literally affects our children

01:17and grandchildren's future.

01:19So I take this responsibility incredibly sincere, so much so that this past week,

01:25I have come out in full transparency and said,

01:28when I voted for the one big, beautiful bill, I didn't know about this clause.

01:33I thought I was voting on taxes, energy, and border security.

01:37And this clause right here says, a memoratorium.

01:41In general, except as provided in paragraph 2,

01:44no state or political subdivision thereof may enforce during a 10-year period,

01:50beginning on the date of the enactment of this act,

01:53any law or regulation of that state or a political subdivision thereof limiting,

01:59restricting, or otherwise regulating artificial intelligence models,

02:04artificial intelligence systems, or automated decision systems

02:08entered into interstate commerce.

02:11That is a comprehensive 10-year memoratorium.

02:16Actually, what that is, is it is a pause for 10 years in federalism.

02:22This right here, if passed into law, will tell states they cannot regulate

02:28or make laws regarding AI.

02:32That means the federal government is the only governing body

02:36that can regulate or make laws for AI in the United States of America.

02:41And I'd like to ask each of you, do you support federalism, yes or no?

02:48I'll start with you.

02:49Do you support federalism, yes or no?

02:53State rights.

02:55It's a yes or no question.

02:58I don't think I'm able to answer this question based on my background, to be honest with you.

03:01Okay.

03:02Then I take that as a no.

03:04Mr. Shah, do you support federalism?

03:06I do support state rights.

03:09And just from a small company standpoint, I would say whatever we can do to make it easier

03:14for a young company to navigate the 50 states will be very important, because otherwise...

03:19Well, either you support federalism or you don't.

03:21One or the other.

03:22It's a yes or no.

03:23Yes.

03:24Okay.

03:24Ms. Miller, do you...

03:25Yes.

03:26Yes.

03:27Mr. Theer?

03:28Yes.

03:29In line with the White House and with Speaker Johnson, I agree that federalism is important,

03:32but federalism is a two-sided coin of both states' rights and interstate commerce,

03:35so we need to protect both.

03:36The Constitution is clear on federalism.

03:38It's one side.

03:39State rights or none?

03:40Mr. Schneider?

03:41I think that provision is nutty.

03:43Okay.

03:43So do you support federalism, yes or no?

03:46In general, yes.

03:47Oh, in general.

03:48So that's vague.

03:49I'm not sure...

03:50It's vague, but that provision is nutty.

03:52Okay.

03:52So I still didn't get an answer clearly on federalism.

03:56Can you predict the future of AI in one year, five years or ten years?

04:02I'm sorry.

04:06I apologize.

04:07No, no problem.

04:09No.

04:09I don't think anybody can predict that.

04:11I think every model has become bigger and better and more transformative.

04:14Right.

04:14So the answer is no.

04:15I'm short on time.

04:16Mr. Shah?

04:16No?

04:17Or yes?

04:18I think it's hard to predict five years.

04:20Can you predict it?

04:20Period.

04:21Okay.

04:22Ms. Miller, can you predict AI?

04:23No.

04:24Mr. Theer?

04:25No.

04:25No?

04:25Mr. Schneier?

04:26Not a chance.

04:27No.

04:27You can't.

04:28In the state of Georgia, jobs are extremely important.

04:31And AI is, whether we like it or not, and it's helpful in many ways, and it's not helpful,

04:37will replace jobs.

04:38I have a manufacturing district.

04:40And the manufacturing companies are important, but so are the people's jobs.

04:44And if our state cannot regulate or make laws to protect people's jobs, people are going

04:50to go hungry.

04:51They're not going to have paychecks.

04:52They're not going to put roofs over their family's heads.

04:56And I think this is such a serious issue that we need to look at this through, I'll

05:01state it very clearly.

05:02I'm pro-humanity.

05:04I am not pro-trans-humanity.

05:07And when it comes to AI and regulation, when we get to vote on this bill again, I will be

05:13voting no because of this clause, and we will be working on this further.

05:18Thank you so much for being here today.

05:19I now yield to Ms. Simon.

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