Technology plays an important role in our daily lives and in our economy. America should lead the world in innovation — but not at the expense of our children’s safety, our workers’ livelihoods, or the reliability of the information we depend on.

 

As we work to maintain leadership in artificial intelligence, we’re still learning how it will shape everything from our jobs to how our children learn. That’s why we need clear, consistent rules that protect people while giving businesses the certainty they need to innovate.

 

Too often, we’re told we have to choose between innovation and accountability, or between free speech and protecting people online. I don’t believe that. We can do both. We can encourage innovation while setting clear safeguards. We can defend free speech while holding powerful companies accountable.

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My Priorities in Congress

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•Protect kids online while respecting free speech: Pass commonsense safeguards that give parents more control, limit targeted algorithmic content to minors, require regular impact assessments on algorithms for bias, privacy, and security, and revisit broad liability protections for tech companies.

 

•Protect communities from rising energy costs: Ensure large energy users like AI data centers pay for their own infrastructure so families aren’t stuck with the bill, and study how to expand AI responsibly without disrupting local communities.

 

•Safeguard national security: Strengthen export controls to keep advanced AI technologies out of the hands of adversaries.

 

•Expand access to high-speed internet: Increase funding to expand broadband access across Texas and follow through on the federal government’s $3.3 billion commitment to our state.

 

•Ensure AI works for working people: Protect workers from invasive surveillance, use AI to make jobs safer and less repetitive, create pathways into higher-skilled roles, enforce copyright laws for AI companies, include worker voices in AI development, and guarantee transparency and human review in major workplace decisions.

 

•Set clear, fair rules for cryptocurrency: Create a consistent framework so digital asset companies play by the same rules as everyone else — protecting consumers while allowing responsible innovation.

 

•Invest in digital literacy: Support schools, libraries, and community programs that teach people how to identify misinformation, use technology responsibly, and help parents protect their children online.

 

•Strengthen America’s tech workforce: Invest in STEM education and expand programs like Registered Apprenticeships to retrain workers impacted by AI so they can move into high-demand, good-paying technology jobs.