House Speaker Mike Johnson is rejecting Democratic pressure to cut short the congressional recess for artificial intelligence regulation, preferring to consult with industry leaders after meeting with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in June 2026. Democrats including Representatives Liccardo, Whitesides, Trahan, and Lieu expressed concerns in a joint letter about cybersecurity vulnerabilities, foreign misuse of AI models, and potential catastrophic risks, citing recent disclosures by Anthropic about attempts to exploit its Claude AI models. Johnson advocates for a unified national regulatory framework rather than a patchwork of state laws, an approach aligned with the Trump administration’s AI strategy released in March 2026. He is currently pushing the Ratepayer Protection Act focused on energy costs for data centers powering AI models.
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