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Ted Cruz: “Congress has the authority, and I think in this instance…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Sen. Cruz Speaks at Axios AI+ DC Summit

Published | Video Starts at 06:39

And you mentioned briefly my being a federalist. I absolutely am a federalist. If you look at the Constitution, though, there's a reason Article 1, Section 8 has the Interstate commerce clause. Precisely because Congress has the authority, and I think in this instance, the responsibility to ensure that we have interstate commerce, that that can thrive. Because if we don't, if we let meddling politicians at every level of government put chains on the development of AI, we will most assuredly lose to China because China's not constraining what's happening there. (06:39–06:49)

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Asserts that Congress has the authority and responsibility to ensure thriving interstate commerce, particularly in AI.

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