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Trahan's unlikely path to AI power
Trahan has focused on AI regulation and co-filed a bill setting safety requirements for major AI developers.
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134 stories · 87–89 · updated Sep 25, 2026
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Published Sep 21, 2026
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Lori Trahan has built a role in congressional AI policy through committee work and a bipartisan partnership, and co-filed the FRONTIER Act with Rep. Jay Obernolte. The proposal would impose new safety requirements on major AI developers, but its limits on state authority have drawn criticism from Trahan’s base.
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Lori Trahan
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House member developing an AI policy role and co-filer of the FRONTIER Act
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Katherine M. Clark
D · MA-5
Democratic Whip who backed Trahan and later named her a senior whip
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