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Greg Casar

U.S. representative from Texas and chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus

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This is a flashing red siren for anyone who cares about keeping America safe and free. The Trump administration wants to use A.I. to spy on Americans without a warrant and to give A.I. power to make life and death decisions without humans involved. That would put our Constitutional rights and our lives in the hands of unaccountable AI systems.

Greg Casar

U.S. representative from Texas and chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus

In a February 2026 written statement responding to reports that the Defense Department was pressing Anthropic to drop AI safety requirements, Greg Casar wrote that the Trump administration wants to use A.I. to spy on Americans without a warrant and to give A.I. power to make life and death decisions without humans involved, which he said would put Americans' constitutional rights and lives in the hands of unaccountable AI systems.

U.S. Representative from Texas's 35th Congressional District and chair of the Congressional Progressive CaucusPublished February 27, 2026 · date of remarks not establishedOfficial Congressional Progressive Caucus press release

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… of Defense pressuring Anthropic to remove key safety requirements, including those that prevent the use of AI for mass surveillance of Americans or to command pilotless drones, Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar wrote: “This is a flashing red siren for anyone who cares about keeping America safe and free. The Trump administration wants to use A.I. to spy on Americans without a warrant and to give A.I. power to make life and death decisions without humans involved. That would put our Constitutional rights and our lives in the hands of unaccountable AI systems. "Anthropic should stand strong against the Trump Administration’s attempts to bully it, and other major A.I. companies should refuse to allow their products to be used like this.

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The statement addresses proposed government uses of AI, not an AI system independently escaping control or causing extinction.
The statement is a written release issued by the Congressional Progressive Caucus; no separate delivery event is claimed, so only the publication date is recorded.

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As a first step, Congress should pass a new AI tax, both to slow down job loss and to fund a jobs program that makes sure we do not leave millions without work.

Greg Casar

U.S. representative from Texas and chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus

In a May 2026 op-ed, Greg Casar wrote that as a first step Congress should pass a new AI tax, both to slow down job loss and to fund a jobs program that makes sure millions are not left without work.

U.S. Representative for Texas's 35th Congressional District and Chair of the Congressional Progressive CaucusPublished May 28, 2026 · date of remarks not establishedPerson-authored op-ed

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We can and must choose a different path. Most Americans want the opportunity to work hard at jobs worth doing, and we should make a commitment now to making sure the AI revolution does not leave Americans with a higher unemployment rate. As a first step, Congress should pass a new AI tax, both to slow down job loss and to fund a jobs program that makes sure we do not leave millions without work. We can respond to the prospect of Great Depression–level unemployment with the kind of mass employment–creating program that Franklin Roosevelt spearheaded.

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The op-ed describes a policy proposal but does not identify a bill number or enacted measure.
Later in the same op-ed Casar writes that some corporate leaders now argue AI will not cause mass job loss and that he hopes this is true, preferring to build the infrastructure anyway; that qualification is recorded separately as greg-casar--greg-casar-2026-05-28-mass-job-loss-qual.

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In recent weeks, some corporate leaders, realizing that marketing a new technology as sure to eliminate every job in America may not have endeared them to the nation, have taken to arguing that AI will not in fact cause mass job loss. I hope this is true. Yet I would much rather have the infrastructure in place to deal with a job crisis that does not emerge than fail to prepare for a job crisis that does.

Greg Casar

U.S. representative from Texas and chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus

In the same May 2026 op-ed, Greg Casar wrote that he hopes it is true that AI will not cause mass job loss, but that he would rather have the infrastructure in place for a job crisis that does not emerge than fail to prepare for a job crisis that does.

U.S. Representative for Texas's 35th Congressional District and Chair of the Congressional Progressive CaucusPublished May 28, 2026 · date of remarks not establishedPerson-authored op-ed

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America can lead the world by showing that we can prevent mass unemployment in the age of AI. In recent weeks, some corporate leaders, realizing that marketing a new technology as sure to eliminate every job in America may not have endeared them to the nation, have taken to arguing that AI will not in fact cause mass job loss. I hope this is true. Yet I would much rather have the infrastructure in place to deal with a job crisis that does not emerge than fail to prepare for a job crisis that does. Congress should act now, and not wait to see if the worst-case scenario arrives. AI companies are already pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into elections to try to shape what regulations get considered.

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This qualifies Casar's labor-market forecast, not his separate concerns about autonomous lethal decisions, surveillance, cyber incidents, or existential risk.
It is a statement of uncertainty and policy preference, not a probability estimate or reversal.

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