Speaker Mike Johnson says Congress must resist an emergency AI moratorium
r/singularity (corroborated by r/OpenAI)·medium signal
Asked about the labs' own call for pacing, Johnson said "we have to resist Congress jumping in and imposing some sort of emergency moratorium," arguing platform leaders should meet with Congress to find the balance instead, and citing China as the reason against a pause. He separately said tech companies must be primarily responsible for AI safety. Taken with Trump's AP remarks, it means the two highest-profile Republican responses to the pacing proposal both landed against binding rules within 48 hours of the essay.