House Speaker Johnson: no AI moratorium, overregulation would lose race to China
castrotech · x · 2026-09-29
U.S. House Speaker Johnson said there is no need for an AI moratorium or to rush into heavy regulation, arguing that overregulation would cause the U.S. to "lose the race to China" and that continued innovation is essential — a sign of the competition-driven, anti-heavy-regulation stance in Congress.
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