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Official title: Artificial Intelligence (Executive Session)
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September 14, 2026
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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextMr. SCHUMER. Madam President, on artificial intelligence, the warning signs about AI's rapid pace have never been clearer. But what is President Trump's response to the recent calls
for the government to regulate AI—even from industry leaders? Trump says:
The only control or “guardrails” that AI needs is a
STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT.
don't—it wouldn't be enough. Congress cannot afford to turn a blind eye to AI.
administration officials to address the dangers of unchecked AI development and hold the administration accountable for its lack of action to protect the American people.
advances in medicine, science, education, research, and so much more. But I have also always said that if our economy and our society is to reap the potential benefits of AI, we need sustainable innovation as well. That means putting guardrails in to mitigate the risks of this technology and earn the public's trust, which is critical to American leadership.
become more apparent. Just this weekend, leading voices from the AI industry came together to sound the alarm and embrace a slower development of AI to avoid damaging outcomes.
together to hack websites, without human control, and of real concerns of the potential catastrophic risks of unchecked AI.
The American people want to see action. Industry leaders want to see action. Many of us on both sides of the aisle want to see action. That is why the Trump administration needs to address three key points in our classified briefing.
framework for testing powerful frontier AI models, something that has been withheld from the public for weeks. We need to know exactly how this framework is identifying and countering potentially catastrophic risks before these AI models are released.
country against increasingly AI-enabled cyber attacks on critical infrastructure. How are we going to protect our power grid, our hospitals, our water treatment systems, schools, telecommunications, banking, and election systems from this new threat? They don't have the sophistication of much larger institutions. They are susceptible to attack. Americans need to know how we are going to protect these systems.
block China from accessing America's advanced AI chips, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and other cutting-edge tech that the Chinese Communist Party is using to accelerate their own AI development.
technology from being co-opted by the Chinese, and now there is growing bipartisan support in both chambers of Congress to do so.
We need immediate action, and the President should take it. The administration cannot, in one breath, say we need unrestrained AI development to win the race with China while giving away our AI crown jewels to the Chinese.
hamper our ability to get anything done. That is why this classified briefing is of the utmost importance. I urge the administration to provide a classified briefing on AI to the entire Senate immediately.