I will call for immediate public congressional hearings on artificial intelligence to bring lawmakers, AI model makers, and other stakeholders together to work through regulatory solutions that maintain U.S. competitiveness while keeping AI under human control.

John R. Curtis · Utah · Republican

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Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Call for immediate public congressional hearings on artificial intelligence with lawmakers, model makers, and other stakeholders.. Promised outcome: Regulatory solutions that maintain America’s competitive edge in AI development while ensuring AI serves human interests and remains under human control.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. As U.S. Senator from Utah and member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, in a September 16, 2026 joint statement with Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester.

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That is why we are calling for immediate public hearings to bring lawmakers, model makers, and other stakeholders into the same room and work through solutions that maintain America’s competitive edge in development while ensuring that these technologies serve human interests and remain fully under human control.

Curtis and Blunt Rochester called for immediate public AI hearings with lawmakers, model makers, and stakeholders to develop regulatory solutions that preserve U.S. competitiveness and human control.

Curtis, Blunt Rochester Call for AI Hearings, Regulation - Senator John Curtis
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“That is why we are calling for immediate public hearings to bring lawmakers, model makers, and other stakeholders into the same room and work through solutions that maintain America’s competitive edge in development while ensuring that these technologies serve human interests and remain fully under human control.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Curtis’s Senate office published a joint statement explicitly calling for immediate public AI hearings with lawmakers, model makers, and stakeholders, matching the commitment’s core action and substance.

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Curtis, Blunt Rochester Call for AI Hearings, Regulation - Senator John Curtis
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Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) and John Curtis (R-UT), members of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, issued the following joint statement calling for swift public congressional hearings to inform lawmakers on potential AI regulatory solutions:

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): A second official Senate office release corroborates that Curtis joined a bipartisan call for public congressional hearings on AI regulatory solutions while serving on the relevant Senate committee.

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NEWS: Blunt Rochester, Curtis Call for AI Hearings, Regulation
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Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and John Curtis (R-Utah), members of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, sent a letter to Chairman Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), leadership of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, urging them to convene a hearing with executives from leading AI companies on the capabilities and safety of developing AI systems.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The follow-up release documents a concrete formal step beyond a public statement: Curtis and Blunt Rochester sent a letter to committee leadership urging an AI hearing with leading AI executives.

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ICYMI: Blunt Rochester, Curtis Call for AI Hearings, Regulation
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We therefore urge the Committee to convene a hearing with the chief executive officers of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Meta, and xAI.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The signed Senate letter provides primary evidence that Curtis formally urged the Senate Commerce Committee to convene an AI hearing with major AI company executives.

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Letter to Chairman Ted Cruz and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell requesting AI hearing
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Public state: delivered As of 2026-09-21 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. same_term A for effort

The verified commitment itself is a public Senate-office statement by Curtis and Blunt Rochester saying they are calling for immediate public hearings with lawmakers, model makers, and other stakeholders. Because the judged promise is the action of calling for hearings, not proving that hearings occurred or regulations were enacted, the verified passage supports same-term delivery attributable to Curtis.

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