[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 130 (Thursday, July 27, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H4038-H4039]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               BIDENOMICS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Lieu) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. LIEU. Mr. Speaker, today Bloomberg reported that U.S. GDP growth 
accelerated to 2.4 percent blowing past economists' estimates.
  Consumer confidence is also at the highest level in over 2 years, and 
inflation has now declined for 12 consecutive months to a low of 3 
percent. The United States has the highest GDP growth and the lowest 
inflation of all the G-7 countries.
  So growth is up, consumer confidence is up, and inflation is down. 
This is Bidenomics, and it did not happen by accident.
  When Democrats were in control last term, we passed numerous laws to 
grow our economy from the bottom up and the middle out. We passed the 
American Rescue Plan, the Inflation Reduction Act, the CHIPS and 
Science Act, and the infrastructure law. All those laws have now grown 
our economy and grown the middle class.
  What are Republicans focused on?
  Putting women in jail for concealing abortions.


                        Artificial Intelligence

  Mr. LIEU. Mr. Speaker, as a recovering computer science major, I am 
excited about artificial intelligence. AI has moved society forward and 
will continue to do amazing things in the medical field and many other 
fields.
  At the same time, there are potential risks to artificial 
intelligence, and we need to make sure we can harness the benefits of 
AI and reduce these risks.
  That is why I have proposed a national AI commission that is a 
bipartisan blue ribbon commission that will make recommendations to 
Congress as to what kinds of AI we should regulate and how we might go 
about doing so.
  This legislation is coauthored by Republican Congressman   Ken Buck 
with Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, and on the Senate side it will be 
carried by Senator Schatz.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge the Speaker to put this legislation on the floor 
for a vote.
  In addition, AI can also destroy the world. We can never ever let AI 
control nuclear weapons. I have also introduced bipartisan legislation 
that would

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prevent AI from ever launching a nuclear weapon by itself. We need to 
have meaningful human control.
  Mr. Speaker, I also request the Speaker to allow that bill to be 
voted on on the floor.

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