WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and California's U.S. Senator Alex Padilla--along with Senators Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Peter Welch (D-VT)--today announced the introduction of the Fraudulent Artificial Intelligence Regulations (FAIR) Elections Act. The bill aims to ensure the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) does not enable mass voter suppression and disenfranchisement. The   more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-California, issued the following news release on July 12, 2024: Today, Representatives Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and Mike Carey (OH-15) announced the introduction of the bipartisan, bicameral Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act, an expanded version of Representative Gomez's original Revitalizing Downtowns Act introduced in 2021. This bill encourages the conversion of vacant and underutilized commercial properties into housing. A one-pager on the bil  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), a member of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee and California's former Secretary of State, and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced legislation to address the significant impact that election-related disinformation has on communities of color, made more pervasive with the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The Fraudulent Artificial Intelligence Regulations (FAIR)  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Chair of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife, and Representative Grace Napolitano (D-Calif.-31) led 27 lawmakers from the Western United States in calling on the Bureau of Reclamation to raise the per-project cap on federal funding for Title XVI water recycling projects from $30 million to $40 million by adjusti  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Rep. Ami Bera, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Andy Barr (R-KY), Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), and Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Taiwan Caucus, issued a statement condemning the People's Republic of China's new guidelines targeting the people of Taiwan: "As Taiwan Caucus Co-Chairs and strong advocates for robust U.S.-Taiwan relations, we strongly condemn the recent guidelines by t  more